gelukzalig
Dutch
Etymology
From geluk (“happiness, joy, luck”) + zalig (“blessed”), calque of German glückselig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˌlʏkˈsaːləx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧luk‧za‧lig
Adjective
gelukzalig (comparative gelukzaliger, superlative gelukzaligst)
Declension
| Declension of gelukzalig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gelukzalig | |||
| inflected | gelukzalige | |||
| comparative | gelukzaliger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gelukzalig | gelukzaliger | het gelukzaligst het gelukzaligste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gelukzalige | gelukzaligere | gelukzaligste |
| n. sing. | gelukzalig | gelukzaliger | gelukzaligste | |
| plural | gelukzalige | gelukzaligere | gelukzaligste | |
| definite | gelukzalige | gelukzaligere | gelukzaligste | |
| partitive | gelukzaligs | gelukzaligers | — | |
Derived terms
- begelukzaligen
- gelukzaligen
- gelukzaligheid
Descendants
- Negerhollands: gluksalig