skarlagen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German scharlaken from Medieval Latin scarlatum, originally from Persian سقرلاط (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”), of unknown origin.
Adjective
skarlagen (masculine and feminine skarlagen, neuter skarlagent, definite singular and plural skarlagne, comparative skarlagnere, indefinite superlative skarlagnest, definite superlative skarlagneste)
- scarlet (usage as an adjective is rare; see the synonyms skarlagenrød and skarlagensrød)
Noun
skarlagen n (definite singular skarlagenet, indefinite plural skarlagen, definite plural skarlagena or skarlagenene)
Derived terms
See also
- skarlak (Nynorsk)
References
- “skarlagen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Persian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Colors
- nb:Reds