salig

salig

1. to rely
2. to trust

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy, blissful”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsæːli]

salig

1. blessed
2. blissful
3. exhilarated
4. (euphemistic) dead

• saliggøre
• saliggørelse
• saliggørende
• salighed
• saligkåre
• saligprisning

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

salig (neuter singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligere, indefinite superlative saligst, definite superlative saligste)

1. (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life

   Salige er de fattige i ånden.

   Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)

   Salig er den som ikke følger ugudelige menneskers råd og ikke slår inn på synderes vei eller sitter sammen med spottere. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)

   Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of wicked men and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.

2. blissful, blessed, immensely happy

   Hun var i en salig rus.

   She was in a rush of blissfulness.

3. used humorously and as an adverb intensifier

   Min salig bestemor.

   My blissfull [dead] grandmother.

   Han er salig full.

   He is blissfully [very] drunk.

• befridd, berget, bevart, forløst, fri, frelst
• forklare (forklaret), guddommelig, herlig, liflig, lykkelig, sæl, vidunderlig

• saligkåre

• “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

salig (indefinite singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligare, indefinite superlative saligast, definite superlative saligaste)

1. (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life

   Salige er dei fattige i ånda.

   Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)

   Salig er han som ikkje følgjer ugudelege menneskes råd og ikkje slår inn på syndares veg eller sitt saman med spottare. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)

   Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of the wicked and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.

2. (humorously) drunk

   God og salig.

   Good and drunk.

• frigjort, berga, bevart, forløyst, fri, frelst
• forklare (forklaret), guddommeleg, herleg, ljuvleg, lykkeleg, sæl, vedunderleg

• saligkåre

• “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lij/

saliġ m

1. Alternative form of sealh

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

sālig

1. happy

• Middle High German: sælic
  • German: selig
  • Luxembourgish: séileg
  • Silesian German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
    • ⇒ Silesian German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

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salig (comparative saligare, superlative saligast)

1. blessed

   Antonym: osalig

2. exhilarated
3. (dated, uninflected) dead
4. An intensifier; complete

   en salig röra

   a complete mess

   en salig blandning

   a mishmash

• envar blir salig på sin fason
• salig i åminnelse

• salig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• salig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• salig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• ligas

• Hyphenation: sa‧lig
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaliɡ/, [ˈsa.lɪɡ]

salig

1. based on or from; deduced from (usually with sa)

   Synonyms: batay, hango

salig

1. basing of one thing from another

   Synonyms: hango, batay, paghango, pagbabatay, pagsalig, pagsasalig