bleik

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blæik/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak

Alternative forms

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikere, indefinite superlative bleikest, definite superlative bleikeste)

  1. pale

Etymology 2

Verb

bleik

  1. imperative of bleike

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blæɪk/

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikare, indefinite superlative bleikast, definite superlative bleikaste)

  1. pale

References
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