koseleg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kosleg (dialectal)

Etymology

From kosa (“enjoy”) +‎ -leg. Cf. Norwegian Bokmål koselig. Semantically identical to Swedish mysig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːʂəle/

The /ʂ/-sound comes probably because of the combination with the /l/-sound, like in some words with suffix -sel.

Adjective

koseleg (indefinite singular koseleg, definite singular and plural koselege, comparative koselegare, indefinite superlative koselegast, definite superlative koselegaste)

  1. enjoyable, cozy, pleasant; nice, mellow
    Det var koseleg at de kunne koma på vitjing.
    It was nice that you could come on a visit.

References

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