skygg

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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skygg

  1. imperative of skygge

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From the verb sky (to shy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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

Declension

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Inflection of skygg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skygg skyggare skyggast
Neuter singular skyggt skyggare skyggast
Plural skygga skyggare skyggast
Masculine plural3 skygge skyggare skyggast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skygge skyggare skyggaste
All skygga skyggare skyggaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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