modig
See also: módig
Danish
Etymology
From mod (“courage”) + -ig, from Old Norse móðugr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːdi/, [ˈmoːði]
Adjective
modig
- brave, courageous
Inflection
| Inflection of modig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | modig | modigere | modigst2 |
| Neuter singular | modigt | modigere | modigst2 |
| Plural | modige | modigere | modigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | modige | modigere | modigste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References
- “modig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse móðigr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muː.di/, [ˈmuː.dɪ]
Adjective
modig (neuter singular modig, definite singular and plural modige, comparative modigere, indefinite superlative modigst, definite superlative modigste)
- brave, courageous, bold
References
- “modig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse móðigr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muː.di/, [ˈmuː.dɪ]
Adjective
modig (neuter singular modig, definite singular and plural modige, comparative modigare, indefinite superlative modigast, definite superlative modigaste)
- brave, courageous, bold
References
- “modig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”), equivalent to mōd + -iġ. Cognate with Middle Dutch moedich (Dutch moedig), Old High German -muoti (in compounds) (German mutig), Old Norse móðugr (Swedish modig), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (mōdags).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːdij/
Adjective
mōdiġ
- brave, courageous
- passionate, high-spirited
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | mōd(i)ġa | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġan | nom. | mōdiġ | mōdiġ | mōd(i)ġu | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġu, -e | mōd(i)ġa, -e | ||
| accusative | mōd(i)ġan | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġan | acc. | mōdiġne | mōdiġ | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġe | mōd(i)ġu, -e | mōd(i)ġa, -e | |||
| genitive | mōd(i)ġan | mōdiġra, mōd(i)ġena | gen. | mōd(i)ġes | mōd(i)ġes | mōdiġre | mōdiġra | ||||||
| dative | mōd(i)ġan | mōd(i)ġum | dat. | mōd(i)ġum | mōd(i)ġum | mōdiġre | mōd(i)ġum | ||||||
| instrumental | mōd(i)ġe | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- mōdiġlīċ
Descendants
- Middle English: modi, mody
- English: moody
Swedish
Etymology
Old Norse móðugr.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
modig (comparative modigare, superlative modigast)
- brave, courageous
Declension
| Inflection of modig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | modig | modigare | modigast |
| Neuter singular | modigt | modigare | modigast |
| Plural | modiga | modigare | modigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | modige | modigare | modigaste |
| All | modiga | modigare | modigaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||