blyg

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse *bljúgr.

Adjective

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blyg (neuter singular blygt, definite singular and plural blyge, comparative blygere, indefinite superlative blygest, definite superlative blygeste)

  1. shy, timid

Synonyms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse *bljúgr.

Adjective

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blyg (neuter blygt, definite singular and plural blyge, comparative blygare, indefinite superlative blygast, definite superlative blygaste)

  1. shy, timid
    Synonyms: sjenert, tilbakehalden

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish bliūgher, blȳgher,[1] from Old Norse *bljúgr. Cognate with Danish bly, Norwegian blyg, Icelandic bljúgur, Old High German blūgo (from Proto-Germanic *bleuga-, *blūga-, shyly), Middle Low German blūc, bliuc and dialectal German blug, plug, blaug.[2] Probably ultimately related to blöt (wet), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblyːɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -yːɡ

Adjective

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blyg

  1. shy, timid

Declension

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Inflection of blyg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blyg blygare blygast
Neuter singular blygt blygare blygast
Plural blyga blygare blygast
Masculine plural3 blyge blygare blygast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 blyge blygare blygaste
All blyga blygare blygaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ blyg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  2. ^ blyg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)