skygg

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skygg

  1. imperative of skygge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Adjective

skygg (masculine and feminine skygg, neuter skygt, definite singular and plural skygge, comparative skyggare, indefinite superlative skyggast, definite superlative skyggaste)

  1. shy, frightened
    • 1966, Olav H. Hauge, Sanningi:
      Sanningi er ein skygg fugl.
      The truth is a shy bird.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From the verb sky (“to shy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

skygg (comparative skyggare, superlative skyggast)

  1. shy, timid ((habitually) avoiding (close) contact (with people or other animals, or with a thing, by extension) (out of fear or the like), often of an animal)
    1. skittish

Usage notes

Blyg is the usual word for shy when applied to a person. Skygg implies avoidant (fearful) behavior.

Declension

Inflection of skygg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skygg skyggare skyggast
neuter singular skyggt skyggare skyggast
plural skygga skyggare skyggast
masculine plural2 skygge skyggare skyggast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skygge skyggare skyggaste
all skygga skyggare skyggaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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References

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