vlug

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Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch vlug.

Adjective

vlug (attributive vlugge, comparative vlugger, superlative vlugste)

  1. quick; swift
  2. (of movement) brisk; expeditious
  3. (of cognitive ability) sharp; quick-witted

Adverb

vlug

  1. quickly; briskly

Etymology 2

From Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch *fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti.

Noun

vlug (plural vlugte, diminutive vluggie)

  1. flight; the journey of an aircraft
    Ek het die vlug na Parys verpas.
    I missed the flight to Paris.
  2. flight; escape; the act of fleeing
    Die rowers was kort na hulle vlug uit Pretoria betrap.
    The robbers were caught shortly after their escape from Pretoria.
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Verb

vlug (present vlug, present participle vlugtende, past participle gevlug)

  1. to flee; to run away
  2. to escape
Synonyms

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *awa-luga, a prefixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate to Greek λυγίζω (lygízo), Old Norse lykna (“to bend knees”), Lithuanian lùgnas (“flexible”).

Noun

vlug m (plural vlugje, definite vlugu, definite plural vlugjet)

  1. prime (of life), peak

Declension

Declension of vlug
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vlug vlugje vlugu vlugjet
accusative vlugun
dative vlugu vlugjeve vlugut vlugjevet
ablative vlugjesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vlug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 512

Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flugjaz, related to *fleuganą (“to fly”), whence Dutch vliegen. Cognate with Low German vlügge, German flügge (“full-fledged”). Compare also German flugs (“quickly”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏx

Adjective

vlug (comparative vlugger, superlative vlugst)

  1. quick, fast
    Synonyms: snel, rap, rad, kwiek, gezwind, ras

Inflection

Inflection of vlug
uninflected vlug
inflected vlugge
comparative vlugger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vlug vlugger het vlugst
het vlugste
indefinite m./f. sing. vlugge vluggere vlugste
n. sing. vlug vlugger vlugste
plural vlugge vluggere vlugste
definite vlugge vluggere vlugste
partitive vlugs vluggers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vlug
  • Javindo: flug
  • Petjo: vlug-vlug
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