"-verdig" meaning in All languages combined

See -verdig on Wiktionary

Suffix [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /-ʋæɖɪ/ Forms: -verdig [neuter, singular], -verdige [definite, plural, singular]
Rhymes: -æɖɪ Etymology: From the suffixal use of verdig (“worthy; fitting”), inherited from verðugr (“worthy”), derived from verðr (“worthy; worth”). In some formations, -verdig replaced older -verd under the influence of German -würdig (“-worthy”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk -verdig, Danish -værdig, Swedish -värdig, German -würdig, Dutch -waardig and English -worthy (“adjective-forming suffix”). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|de|-würdig|t=-worthy}} German -würdig (“-worthy”), {{cog|nn|-verdig}} Norwegian Nynorsk -verdig, {{cog|da|-værdig}} Danish -værdig, {{cog|sv|-värdig}} Swedish -värdig, {{cog|de|-würdig}} German -würdig, {{cog|nl|-waardig}} Dutch -waardig, {{cog|en|-worthy|t=adjective-forming suffix}} English -worthy (“adjective-forming suffix”) Head templates: {{head|nb|suffix|neuter singular|-verdig|definite singular and plural|-verdige}} -verdig (neuter singular -verdig, definite singular and plural -verdige)
  1. Used to form adjectives indicating that something has the value, rank, or quality specified by the first element. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-rR0BvtjD Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig
  2. Used to form adjectives indicating that something has the value, rank, or quality specified by the first element.
    (chemistry, grammar) Following a numeral, indicating an oxidation state, valence, or number of arguments or complements.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-L7bDS3DE Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig, Chemistry, Grammar, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 37 15 15 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 42 14 14 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 45 14 14 14 5 Topics: chemistry, grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. Used to form adjectives meaning worthy or deserving of what the first element denotes. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-wzo~Uf51 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig
  4. Used to form adjectives meaning worthy or deserving of what the first element denotes.
    Following a verbal noun, often with linking -s- (“interfix”).
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-DPDPJwhz Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms interfixed with -s-, Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig
  5. Used to form adjectives meaning worthy or deserving of what the first element denotes.
    Following a verb stem or infinitive, indicating that something is worth undergoing, experiencing, or performing the specified action.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-wsuGlSG1 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig
  6. Used to form adjectives meaning worthy of, suitable for, or befitting the person or thing denoted by the first element. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--verdig-nb-suffix-vbDXl48v Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -verdig
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: verdig (english: worthy, fitting), -bar (english: -able), -lig (english: adjective-forming suffix)

Suffix [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Etymology: From the adjective verdig. Attested as -valou by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect (pronunciation spelling of -værdaug, dialectal form of old spelling -verdug). Head templates: {{head|nn|suffix}} -verdig
  1. used to form adjectives Wikipedia link: Jacob Nicolai Wilse Tags: morpheme

Inflected forms

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