ljós

See also: ljos

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ljɔuːs/

Noun

ljós n (genitive singular ljós, plural ljós)

  1. light, clearness
  2. lamp
  3. candle
  4. watt

Declension

n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ljós ljósið ljós ljósini
Accusative ljós ljósið ljós ljósini
Dative ljósi ljósinum ljósum ljósunum
Genitive ljós ljósins ljósa ljósanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

FWOTD – 20 October 2013

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ljouːs/
    Rhymes: -ouːs

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

Noun

ljós n (genitive singular ljóss, nominative plural ljós)

  1. a light
    • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
      Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
      And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
  2. a lighting
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

Adjective

ljós (comparative ljósari, superlative ljósastur)

  1. light (of colour; pale, not dark)
  2. clear
    Mér er ljóst að við munum deyja hér.
    It is clear to me that we shall die here.
    Ég sagði þér þetta vegna þess að þú verður að gera þér þetta ljóst.
    I mentioned this to you because you must understand' this.
  3. fair, blond
    Ég hef ljóst hár.
    I have blond hair.
    Drengurinn var brúnhærður, ljós yfirlitum og feiminn.
    The boy had brown hair and shy with a fair complexion.
Inflection
Synonyms

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leuhsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *leuhsą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (bright, shine).

Noun

ljós n

  1. a burning light
  2. light of the sun

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ljós
  • Faroese: ljós
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos; (dialectal) ljøs, ljus, ljys, løs
  • Jamtish: ljǿs
  • Elfdalian: liuos
  • Old Swedish: liūs
  • Old Danish: liūs
    • Danish: lys
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lys
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: lys
  • Scanian: lýs
  • Gutnish: ljaus

References

  • ljós”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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