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Icelandic
Adjective
bleik
- inflection of bleikur:
- feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.
Adjective
bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikere, indefinite superlative bleikest, definite superlative bleikeste)
- pale
Etymology 2
Verb
bleik
- imperative of bleike
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikare, indefinite superlative bleikast, definite superlative bleikaste)
- pale
References
Old Norse
Adjective
bleik
- inflection of bleikr:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Verb
bleik
- second-person singular imperative active of bleikja