lydig

Danish

Etymology

From lyde +‎ -ig

Adjective

lydig (neuter lydigt, plural and definite singular attributive lydige)

obedient

Inflection

Inflection of *lydig*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	lydig	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	lydigt	—	—²
plural	lydige	—	—²
definite attributive¹	lydige	—	—

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.

Derived terms

References

“lydig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lyde +‎ -ig.

Adjective

lydig (neuter singular lydig, definite singular and plural lydige)

obedient

Antonyms

ulydig

Related terms

lydighet

References

“lydig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

lydug

Etymology

From lyde +‎ -ig.

Adjective

lydig (neuter singular lydig, definite singular and plural lydige)

obedient

Antonyms

ulydig

Related terms

lydnad

References

“lydig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lydhogher, equivalent to lyda +‎ -ig.

Adjective

lydig (comparative lydigare, superlative lydigast)

obedient

Declension

Inflection of **lydig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	lydig	lydigare	lydigast
neuter singular	lydigt	lydigare	lydigast
plural	lydiga	lydigare	lydigast
masculine plural²	lydige	lydigare	lydigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	lydige	lydigare	lydigaste
all	lydiga	lydigare	lydigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Related terms

lydnad

References

“lydig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“lydig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“lydig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)