zalig

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaː.ləx/
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  • 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)

  1. glorious
  2. blessed
  3. saved
  4. (Roman Catholicism) beatified
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
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: salig, zaalig, saelig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zalig

  1. inflection of zaligen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative