bleik

Icelandic

Adjective

bleik

  1. inflection of bleikur:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blæik/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikr (yellow, pink, any non-red warm color). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.

Alternative forms

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikere, indefinite superlative bleikest, definite superlative bleikeste)

  1. pale

Verb

bleik

  1. imperative of bleike

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikr (yellow, pink, any non-red warm color). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɛɪːk/, /bɽɛɪːk/

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikare, indefinite superlative bleikast, definite superlative bleikaste)

  1. pale

References

Old Norse

Adjective

bleik

  1. inflection of bleikr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

bleik

  1. second-person singular imperative active of bleikja
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