lyster

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch lijster.

Noun edit

lyster (plural lysters)

thrush

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse ljóstr, from ljósta (“to strike”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lystər/, [ˈlysd̥ɐ]

Noun edit

lyster c (singular definite lysteren, plural indefinite lystre)

gig, leister; eel spear

Inflection edit

Declension of lyster

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyster	lysteren	lystre	lystrene
genitive	lysters	lysterens	lystres	lystrenes

Synonyms edit

ålespyd

Etymology 2 edit

See lyst (“desire, lust”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /løstər/, [ˈløsd̥ɐ]

Noun edit

lyster c

indefinite plural of lyst

Etymology 3 edit

See lyste (“to desire, feel like”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /løstər/, [ˈløsd̥ɐ]

Verb edit

lyster

present of lyste

References edit

“lyster” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse ljóstr.

Noun edit

lyster f or m (definite singular lystra or lysteren, indefinite plural lystre or lystrer, definite plural lystrene)

gig, leister; eel spear

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

lyster m or f

indefinite plural of lyst

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

lyster

present of lyste

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

ljoster (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse ljóstr m. Akin to English leister.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlʏs.tər/

Noun edit

lyster f (definite singular lystra, indefinite plural lystrer, definite plural lystrene)

(fishing) a leister, a kind of fishing spear

Derived terms edit

lystra

References edit

“lyster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French lustre (“shine, gloss”).

Noun edit

lyster c

lustre, glitter, polish, shine

Declension edit

Declension of lyster
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lyster	lystern	—	—
Genitive	lysters	lysterns	—	—

Etymology 2 edit

Present of obsolete lysta, from Old Norse lysta, Proto-Germanic *lustijaną. Related to lust.

Verb edit

lyster

(present tense only) have lust to, want to

References edit

“lyster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937

Anagrams edit

sylter