ljós

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See also: ljos

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

Pronunciation

Noun

ljós n (genitive singular ljós, plural ljós)

  1. light, clearness
  2. lamp
  3. candle
  4. watt

Declension

n11 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ljós ljósið ljós ljósini
accusative ljós ljósið ljós ljósini
dative ljósi ljósinum ljósum ljósunum
genitive ljós ljósins ljósa ljósanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

Noun

ljós n (genitive singular ljóss, nominative plural ljós)

  1. a light
    Synonym: birta
    • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
      Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
      And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
  2. a lighting
    Synonym: lýsing
Declension
Declension of ljós (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ljós ljósið ljós ljósin
accusative ljós ljósið ljós ljósin
dative ljósi ljósinu ljósum ljósunum
genitive ljóss ljóssins ljósa ljósanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

Adjective

ljós (comparative ljósari, superlative ljósastur)

  1. light (of colour; pale, not dark)
  2. clear, apparent
    Synonym: greindur
    Mér er ljóst að við munum deyja hér.
    It is clear to me that we shall die here.
    Ég sagði þér þetta vegna þess að þú verður að gera þér þetta ljóst.
    I mentioned this to you because you must understand this.
  3. fair, blond
    Ég hef ljóst hár.
    I have blond hair.
    Drengurinn var brúnhærður, ljós yfirlitum og feiminn.
    The boy had brown hair, a fair complexion and was shy.
Declension
positive forms of ljós
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljós ljós ljóst
accusative ljósan ljósa
dative ljósum ljósri ljósu
genitive ljóss ljósrar ljóss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljósir ljósar ljós
accusative ljósa
dative ljósum
genitive ljósra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljósi ljósa ljósa
acc/dat/gen ljósa ljósu
plural (all-case) ljósu
comparative forms of ljós
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) ljósari ljósari ljósara
plural (all-case) ljósari
superlative forms of ljós
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljósastur ljósust ljósast
accusative ljósastan ljósasta
dative ljósustum ljósastri ljósustu
genitive ljósasts ljósastrar ljósasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljósastir ljósastar ljósust
accusative ljósasta
dative ljósustum
genitive ljósastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ljósasti ljósasta ljósasta
acc/dat/gen ljósasta ljósustu
plural (all-case) ljósustu
Synonyms

References

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *leuhsą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, shine”).

Noun

ljós n

  1. a burning light
  2. light of the sun

Declension

  Declension of ljós (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ljós ljósit ljós ljósin
accusative ljós ljósit ljós ljósin
dative ljósi ljósinu ljósum ljósunum
genitive ljóss ljóssins ljósa ljósanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ljós
  • Faroese: ljós
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos; (dialectal) ljøs, ljus, ljys, løs
  • Jamtish: ljǿs
  • Elfdalian: liuos
  • Old Swedish: liūs
  • Old Danish: liūs
    • Danish: lys
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lys
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: lys
  • Scanian: lýs
  • Gutnish: ljaus

References

  • “ljós”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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