mooi
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with West Frisian moai (“beautiful”), Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)
- beautiful, pretty, handsome
- Wat een mooi meisje. ― What a beautiful girl.
- Ik ben te mooi om te werken. ― I'm too beautiful to work.
- nice, good
- Mooi werk! ― Nice work!
Inflection edit
| Inflection of mooi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mooi | |||
| inflected | mooie | |||
| comparative | mooier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | mooi | mooier | het mooist het mooiste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mooie | mooiere | mooiste |
| n. sing. | mooi | mooier | mooiste | |
| plural | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
| definite | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
| partitive | moois | mooiers | — | |
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: mooi, mōi, mui, mooj
- Berbice Creole Dutch: moi
- Jersey Dutch: mûi
- Negerhollands: mooi, mooj, mui
- Skepi Creole Dutch: moi, moye
- → Aukan: moi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: moi
- → Kwinti: moi
- → North Frisian: mooi
- → Saterland Frisian: mooi
- → Scots: moy
- → Saramaccan: moi
- → Sranan Tongo: moi
- → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: moime
- → West Frisian: moai