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bleik

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Icelandic

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Adjective

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Adjective

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

  1. pale

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bleik

  1. imperative of bleike

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /blɛɪːk/, /bɽɛɪːk/

Adjective

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

  1. pale

References

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Old Norse

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Adjective

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bleik

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

Verb

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bleik

  1. second-person singular imperative active of bleikja