ljus
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʉːs/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːs
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish liūs, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Declension
Inflection of ljus | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | ljus | ljusare | ljusast |
Neuter singular | ljust | ljusare | ljusast |
Plural | ljusa | ljusare | ljusast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | ljuse | ljusare | ljusaste |
All | ljusa | ljusare | ljusaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-so-m, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Declension
Declension of ljus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ljus | ljuset | ljus | ljusen |
Genitive | ljus | ljusets | ljus | ljusens |
Related terms
- dagsljus
- halvljus
- helljus
- julljus
- lysa
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