Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaː.ləx/
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  • Hyphenation: za‧lig
  • Rhymes: -aːləx

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch salich, from Old Dutch *sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli.

Adjective edit

zalig (comparative zaliger, superlative zaligst)

  1. glorious
  2. blessed
  3. saved
  4. (Roman Catholicism) beatified
Inflection edit
Inflection of zalig
uninflected zalig
inflected zalige
comparative zaliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial zalig zaliger het zaligst
het zaligste
indefinite m./f. sing. zalige zaligere zaligste
n. sing. zalig zaliger zaligste
plural zalige zaligere zaligste
definite zalige zaligere zaligste
partitive zaligs zaligers
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: salig, zaalig, saelig

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

zalig

  1. inflection of zaligen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative