skygg
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʏɡː/
Adjective
skygg (masculine and feminine skygg, neuter skygt, definite singular and plural skygge, comparative skyggare, indefinite superlative skyggast, definite superlative skyggaste)
- shy, frightened
- 1966, Olav H. Hauge, "Sanningi":
- Sanningi er ein skygg fugl.
- The truth is a shy bird.
- Sanningi er ein skygg fugl.
- 1966, Olav H. Hauge, "Sanningi":
Swedish
Etymology
From the verb sky (“to shy”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧʏɡ/
Declension
| Inflection of skygg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skygg | skyggare | skyggast |
| Neuter singular | skyggt | skyggare | skyggast |
| Plural | skygga | skyggare | skyggast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skygge | skyggare | skyggaste |
| All | skygga | skyggare | skyggaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
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