skygg

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === skygg imperative of skygge == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃʏɡː/ === Adjective === skygg (masculine and feminine skygg, neuter skygt, definite singular and plural skygge, comparative skyggare, indefinite superlative skyggast, definite superlative skyggaste) shy, frightened === Further reading === “skygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From the verb sky (“to shy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɧʏɡ/ === Adjective === skygg (comparative skyggare, superlative skyggast) shy, timid ((habitually) avoiding (close) contact (with people or other animals, or with a thing, by extension) (out of fear or the like), often of an animal) skittish ==== Usage notes ==== Blyg is the usual word for shy when applied to a person. Skygg implies avoidant (fearful) behavior. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== arbetsskygg folkskygg ljusskygg oskygg skygghet ==== See also ==== blyg === References === “skygg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skygg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skygg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) skygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)