salig

Cebuano

Verb

salig

1. to rely
2. to trust

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsæːli]

Adjective

salig

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

Inflection

Inflection of salig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	salig	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	saligt	—	—2
plural	salige	—	—2
definite attributive1	salige	—	—

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.

Related terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• saligkåre

References

• “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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. (humorous) drunk

   God og salig.

   Good and drunk.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• saligkåre

References

• “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lij/

Noun

saliġ m

1. Alternative form of sealh

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

Adjective

sālig

1. happy

Descendants

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

Declension

Inflection of salig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	salig	saligare	saligast
neuter singular	saligt	saligare	saligast
plural	saliga	saligare	saligast
masculine plural2	salige	saligare	saligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	salige	saligare	saligaste
all	saliga	saligare	saligaste

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

• envar blir salig på sin fason
• salig i åminnelse

References

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

Anagrams

• ligas

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaliɡ/ [ˈsaː.lɪɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -aliɡ
• Syllabification: sa‧lig

Adjective

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

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

   Synonyms: batay, hango

Noun

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

1. basing of one thing from another

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

Derived terms

• isalig
• kapanalig
• magsalig
• manalig
• mapanalig
• masalig
• pagsalig
• pagsaligan
• pananalig
• pinagsasaligan
• saligan
• saligang-batas
• sumalig

Anagrams

• galis, silag, ligsa, gilas, sigla, lagis