lyst
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish lyst, lust, from Middle Low German lust, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu. Cognate with English lust and German Lust. A different stem in Old Norse losti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈløsd̥]
Noun
lyst c (singular definite lysten, plural indefinite lyster)
- inclination, desire, wish
- Jeg havde ingen lyst til mad, men nødte mig selv til at spise.
- I had no desire for food, but compelled myself to eat.
- lust, passion (especially of a sexual nature)
- De blev grebet af lyst.
- They were seized by lust.
- (now uncommon) delight, pleasure, revelry
- 1833, Christian Molbech, Dansk Ordbog (etc.), page 436:
- ”Til Lyst for mig og Verden gid jeg kunde hensynge saa mit Liv:” C.Frimann.
- "Would that I could, for the delight of myself and the world, thus spend my life in song:" C.Frimann.
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lyst | lysten | lyster | lysterne |
| genitive | lysts | lystens | lysters | lysternes |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlysd̥]
Adjective
lyst
- neuter singular of lys
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlyˀsd̥]
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lyse
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈløsd̥]
Verb
lyst
- (rare) imperative of lyste
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lyst, from Middle Low German lust, lüst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Doublet of losti (“lust, desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪst/
- Rhymes: -ɪst
- Homophone: list
Noun
lyst f (genitive singular lystar, nominative plural lystir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lyst | lystin | lystir | lystirnar |
| accusative | lyst | lystina | lystir | lystirnar |
| dative | lyst | lystinni | lystum | lystunum |
| genitive | lystar | lystarinnar | lysta | lystanna |
Derived terms
- lysta (“to want, to desire”)
- lystarlaus (“lacking appetite, appetiteless”)
- lystarleysi (“lack of appetite”)
- lystarstol (“anorexia”)
- lysthafandi (“interested party”)
- lystugur (“having an appetite; appetising, delectable”)
- matarlyst (“appetite for food”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [l̺ʏsːt]
Adjective
lyst
- neuter singular of lys
Noun
lyst f or m (definite singular lysta or lysten, indefinite plural lyster, definite plural lystene)
Derived terms
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lyse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lysa
Etymology 2
Adjective
lyst
- neuter singular of lys
Derived terms
- (of noun) lysttur
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyst/
Verb
lyst
- inflection of lystan:
- second/third-person singular present indicative
- singular imperative
Swedish
Verb
lyst
- supine of lysa
Participle
lyst
- past participle of lysa