lygn
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).
Adjective edit
lygn (comparative lygnari, superlative lygnastur)
Inflection edit
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
accusative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
dative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
genitive | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
accusative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
dative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
genitive | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnastur | lygnust | lygnast |
accusative | lygnastan | lygnasta | lygnast |
dative | lygnustum | lygnastri | lygnustu |
genitive | lygnasts | lygnastrar | lygnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnastir | lygnastar | lygnust |
accusative | lygnasta | lygnastar | lygnust |
dative | lygnustum | lygnustum | lygnustum |
genitive | lygnastra | lygnastra | lygnastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnasti | lygnasta | lygnasta |
accusative | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
dative | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
genitive | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
accusative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
dative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
genitive | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
Etymology 2 edit
Attested in Icelandic since the 16th century. Possibly inherited, but likely a loanword from Old Saxon lugina, in either case ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”). Doublet of ljúga.
Noun edit
lygn f (genitive singular lygnar, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of lygn
Synonyms edit
- (lie): lygi
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1923, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1923
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
lygn f (definite singular lygna, indefinite plural lygner, definite plural lygnene)
- lie
- Han har fortald deg ei lygn.
- He has told you a lie.
References edit
- “lygn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.