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salig

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Cebuano

Verb

salig

  1. to rely
  2. to trust

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy, blissful”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

salig

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

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...

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.

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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 salige 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. (humorous) drunk
    God og salig.
    Good and drunk.

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Old Dutch

Alternative forms

  • sēlig (“umlauted variant”)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Adjective

sālig

  1. blessed
  2. happy

Inflection

Declension of sālig (a-stem)
More information strong declension, case ...

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: sâlich
    • Dutch: zalig
      • Afrikaans: salig
      • → West Frisian: salich
    • Limburgish: zieëlig, zaolig

References

  • “sālig”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

saliġ m

  1. alternative form of sealh

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Adjective

sālig

  1. happy

Descendants

  • Middle High German: sælic
    • German: selig
    • Luxembourgish: séileg
    • Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
      • ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

salig (comparative saligare, superlative saligast)

  1. blessed
    Antonym: osalig
  2. exhilarated
  3. (dated, uninflected) dead
  4. An intensifier; complete
    en salig röra ― a complete mess
    en salig blandning ― a mishmash

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

  • envar blir salig på sin fason
  • salig i åminnelse

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Adjective

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

  1. based on or from; deduced from (usually with sa)
    Synonyms: batay, hango

Noun

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

  1. basing of one thing from another
    Synonyms: hango, batay, paghango, pagbabatay, pagsalig, pagsasalig

Derived terms

  • isalig
  • kapanalig
  • magsalig
  • manalig
  • mapanalig
  • masalig
  • pagsalig
  • pagsaligan
  • pananalig
  • pinagsasaligan
  • saligan
  • saligang-batas
  • sumalig

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