ljus

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʉːs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish liūs, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Adjective

ljus

  1. (of light or color) bright
  2. (of sound) high-pitched
    en ljus röst
    a high-pitched voice
Declension
Inflection of ljus
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ljus ljusare ljusast
neuter singular ljust ljusare ljusast
plural ljusa ljusare ljusast
masculine plural2 ljuse ljusare ljusast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ljuse ljusare ljusaste
all ljusa ljusare ljusaste

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-so-m, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Noun

ljus n

  1. (uncountable) light
    • 1980, Docent Död, “Solglasögon [Sunglasses]”, in Docent [Docent [associate professor, roughly]]‎[1]:
      Bakom mina solglasögon kan jag va' [vara] mig själv. Allting blir så vackert genom ... Genom mina solglasögon är ljuset alltid gult. Allting känns så riktigt bakom ...
      Behind my sunglasses, I can be myself. Everything turns so beautiful through ... Through my sunglasses, the light is always yellow. Everything feels so right behind ...
  3. (countable) a candle
    att tända ett ljus
    to light a candle
    • 1987, Triad, “Tänd ett ljus [Light a candle]”‎[2]:
      Tänd ett ljus och låt det brinna. Låt aldrig hoppet försvinna. Det är mörkt nu, men det blir ljusare igen.
      Light a candle and let it burn. Never let [the] hope disappear. It is dark now, but it will get lighter again.
Declension
Declension of ljus
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ljus ljus
definite ljuset ljusets
plural indefinite ljus ljus
definite ljusen ljusens
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