lygn
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).
Adjective[edit]
lygn (comparative lygnari, superlative lygnastur)
Inflection[edit]
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
accusative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
dative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
genitive | lygnari | lygnari | lygnara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
accusative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
dative | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
genitive | lygnari | lygnari | lygnari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnastur | lygnust | lygnast |
accusative | lygnastan | lygnasta | lygnast |
dative | lygnustum | lygnastri | lygnustu |
genitive | lygnasts | lygnastrar | lygnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnastir | lygnastar | lygnust |
accusative | lygnasta | lygnastar | lygnust |
dative | lygnustum | lygnustum | lygnustum |
genitive | lygnastra | lygnastra | lygnastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | lygnasti | lygnasta | lygnasta |
accusative | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
dative | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
genitive | lygnasta | lygnustu | lygnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
accusative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
dative | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
genitive | lygnustu | lygnustu | lygnustu |
Etymology 2[edit]
Attested in Icelandic since the 16th century. Possibly inherited, but likely a loanword from Old Saxon lugina, in either case ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”). Doublet of ljúga.
Noun[edit]
lygn f (genitive singular lygnar, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of lygn
Synonyms[edit]
- (lie): lygi
References[edit]
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1923, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1923
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
lygn f (definite singular lygna, indefinite plural lygner, definite plural lygnene)
- lie
- Han har fortald deg ei lygn.
- He has told you a lie.
References[edit]
- “lygn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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