skygg
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
skygg
- imperative of skygge
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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.
Further reading edit
- “skygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From the verb sky (“to shy”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
skygg (comparative skyggare, superlative skyggast)
- shy, timid ((habitually) avoiding (close) contact (with people or other animals, or with a thing, by extension) (out of fear or the like), often of an animal)
Usage notes edit
Blyg is the usual word for shy when applied to a person. Skygg implies avoidant (fearful) behavior.
Declension edit
Inflection of skygg | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skygg | skyggare | skyggast |
Neuter singular | skyggt | skyggare | skyggast |
Plural | skygga | skyggare | skyggast |
Masculine plural3 | skygge | 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. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- skygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skygg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)