lysten
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Derived from lyst (“desire, lust”) or maybe a conversion of lystende, the present participle of lyste (“to feel like, want, wish”).
Adjective edit
lysten
- lascivious, lustful
- voluptuous (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation)
Usage notes edit
A loosely related morpheme "-lysten" exists in compounds, and has the meaning "with great desire to do or achieve something", e.g. eventyrlysten (“adventurous”) and stridslysten (“eager to fight”).
Inflection edit
| Inflection of lysten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | lysten | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | lystent | — | —2 |
| Plural | lystne | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | lystne | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
lysten c
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
lysten m or f
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish lyste, from Old Swedish lust (“lust”). Compare Danish lysten and German lüstern.
Adjective edit
lysten (comparative lystnare, superlative lystnast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of lysten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lysten | lystnare | lystnast |
| Neuter singular | lystet | lystnare | lystnast |
| Plural | lystna | lystnare | lystnast |
| Masculine plural3 | lystne | lystnare | lystnast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lystne | lystnare | lystnaste |
| All | lystna | lystnare | lystnaste |
| 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
- danslysten
- debattlysten
- diskussionslysten
- experimentlysten
- giftaslysten
- hämndlysten
- härsklysten
- kamplysten
- karriärlysten
- kritiklysten
- köplysten
- leklysten
- läslysten
- maktlysten
- mordlysten
- napplysten
- njutningslysten
- nöjeslysten
- oppositionslysten
- praktlysten
- pratlysten
- processlysten
- profitlysten
- reslysten
- revanschlysten
- rovlysten
- sensationslysten
- skandallysten
- skrattlysten
- skvallerlysten
- skämtlysten
- spänningslysten
- stridslysten
- trätlysten
- utvidgningslysten
- vinningslysten
- ärelysten
- äventyrslysten
Related terms edit
References edit
- lysten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lysten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lysten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)