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blyg
blyg
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
blyg (masculine blyg; feminine blyg; neuter blygt; plural blyge; comparative blygere; superlative blygest)
Synonyms
- beskjeden
- fordringsløs
- sjenert
- smålåten
- stillfarende
- stillferdig
- tilbakeholden
- unnselig
Swedish
Etymology
From the Old Norse male given name Bljúgr.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -yːg
Adjective
blyg
Declension
| Inflection of blyg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | blyg | blygare | blygast |
| Neuter singular | blygt | blygare | blygast |
| Plural | blyga | 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 an attributive role. | |||