zalig
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaː.ləx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: za‧lig
- Rhymes: -aːləx
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch salich, from Old Dutch *sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli.
Adjective
zalig (comparative zaliger, superlative zaligst)
Declension
| Declension of zalig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zalig | |||
| inflected | zalige | |||
| comparative | zaliger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zalig | zaliger | het zaligst het zaligste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zalige | zaligere | zaligste |
| n. sing. | zalig | zaliger | zaligste | |
| plural | zalige | zaligere | zaligste | |
| definite | zalige | zaligere | zaligste | |
| partitive | zaligs | zaligers | — | |
Derived terms
- gelukzalig
- godzalig
- zaligheid
- zaligmakend
- zaligmaking
- zaligverklaring
Descendants
- Negerhollands: salig, zaalig, saelig
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zalig
- inflection of zaligen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative