søvnig

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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to søvn (“sleep”) +‎ -ig (adjective suffix), from Old Norse svefnugr (“sleepy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

søvnig (neuter søvnigt, plural and definite singular attributive søvnige)

  1. sleepy

Inflection

Inflection of søvnig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular søvnig mere søvnig mest søvnig2
Indefinite neuter singular søvnigt mere søvnig mest søvnig2
Plural søvnige mere søvnig mest søvnig2
Definite attributive1 søvnige mere søvnig mest søvnige
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse svefnugr (“sleepy”), from svefn, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

Adjective

søvnig (neuter singular søvnig, definite singular and plural søvnige)

  1. sleepy

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse svefnugr (“sleepy”), from svefn, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

Adjective

søvnig (neuter singular søvnig, definite singular and plural søvnige)

  1. sleepy

References

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