welig

Afrikaans

Adjective

welig (attributive welige, comparative weliger, superlative weligste)

  1. luxuriant, lush

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch welich, from Old Dutch *welag, from Proto-West Germanic *welag. Equivalent to wel +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

welig (comparative weliger, superlative weligst)

  1. luxuriant

Inflection
Inflection of welig
uninflected welig
inflected welige
comparative weliger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial weligweligerhet weligst
het weligste
indefinite m./f. sing. weligeweligereweligste
n. sing. weligweligerweligste
plural weligeweligereweligste
definite weligeweligereweligste
partitive weligsweligers—

Synonyms
  • weelderig

Derived terms

Middle English

Adjective

welig

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of wely

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wilig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwe.liɡ/, [ˈwe.liɣ]

Noun

welig m

  1. (botany) willow
Inflection
Declension of welig (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative welig weligas
accusative welig weligas
genitive weliges weliga
dative welige weligum
Descendants

Adjective

weliġ (superlative weliġost)

  1. wealthy, rich
Declension
Declension of weliġ — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative weliġ weliġ weliġ
Accusative weliġne weliġe weliġ
Genitive weliġes weliġre weliġes
Dative weliġum weliġre weliġum
Instrumental weliġe weliġre weliġe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative weliġe weliġa, weliġe weliġ
Accusative weliġe weliġa, weliġe weliġ
Genitive weliġra weliġra weliġra
Dative weliġum weliġum weliġum
Instrumental weliġum weliġum weliġum
Declension of weliġ — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative weliġa weliġe weliġe
Accusative weliġan weliġan weliġe
Genitive weliġan weliġan weliġan
Dative weliġan weliġan weliġan
Instrumental weliġan weliġan weliġan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative weliġan weliġan weliġan
Accusative weliġan weliġan weliġan
Genitive weliġra, weliġena weliġra, weliġena weliġra, weliġena
Dative weliġum weliġum weliġum
Instrumental weliġum weliġum weliġum
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