salig

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig.

Adjective

salig

  1. blessed
  2. blissful
  3. exhilarated
  4. (euphemistic) dead

Inflection

Inflection of salig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular salig 2
Neuter singular saligt 2
Plural salige 2
Definite attributive1 salige
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.
  • saliggøre
  • saliggørelse
  • saliggørende
  • salighed
  • saligkåre
  • saligprisning

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

Adjective

salig (neuter singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligere, indefinite superlative saligst, definite superlative saligste)

  1. (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life
    Salige er de fattige i ånden.
    Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)
    Salig er den som ikke følger ugudelige menneskers råd og ikke slår inn på synderes vei eller sitter sammen med spottere. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)
    Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of wicked men and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.
  2. blissful, blessed, immensely happy
    Hun var i en salig rus.
    She was in a rush of blissfulness.
  3. used humorously and as an adverb intensifier
    Min salig bestemor.
    My blissfull [dead] grandmother.
    Han er salig full.
    He is blissfully [very] drunk.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

Adjective

salig (indefinite singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligare, indefinite superlative saligast, definite superlative saligaste)

  1. (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life
    Salige er dei fattige i ånda.
    Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)
    Salig er han som ikkje følgjer ugudelege menneskes råd og ikkje slår inn på syndares veg eller sitt saman med spottare. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)
    Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of the wicked and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.
  2. (humorously) drunk
    God og salig.
    Good and drunk.

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Old English

Noun

saliġ m

  1. Alternative form of sealh

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz, whence also Old English sǣliġ.

Adjective

sālig

  1. happy

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Swedish säll).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

salig (neuter saligt, definite and plural saliga)

  1. blessed
  2. blissful
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