mooi

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mooi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːi̯ ~ muə̯j/
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Adjective

mooi (attributive mooi, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)

  1. beautiful, pretty

Inflection

Inflection of mooi
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive mooi mooie mooies moois
comparative mooier mooiere mooieres mooiers
superlative mooiste mooistes —

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)

  1. beautiful, pretty, handsome
    Synonyms: aantrekkelijk, fraai, knap, schoon
    Wat een mooi meisje. ― What a beautiful girl.
    Ik ben te mooi om te werken. ― I'm too beautiful to work.
  2. nice, good
    Mooi werk! ― Nice work!

Declension

Declension of mooi
uninflected mooi
inflected mooie
comparative mooier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mooi mooier het mooist
het mooiste
indefinite m./f. sing. mooie mooiere mooiste
n. sing. mooi mooier mooiste
plural mooie mooiere mooiste
definite mooie mooiere mooiste
partitive moois mooiers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mooi
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: moi
  • Jersey Dutch: mûi
  • Negerhollands: mooi, mooj, mui
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: moi, moye
  • → Aukan: moi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: moi
  • → Kwinti: moi
  • → North Frisian: mooi
  • → Saterland Frisian: mooi
  • → Scots: moy
  • → Saramaccan: moi
  • → Sranan Tongo: moi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: moime
  • → West Frisian: moai

References

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