"eljest" meaning in All languages combined

See eljest on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish ællæghis, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (genitive of *aljaz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Adjective sense 1 might derive from adverb sense 2, which is also intuitively what it means. Cognate with English else. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|ællæghis}} Old Swedish ællæghis, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*aljas}} Proto-Germanic *aljas, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{senseno|sv|eccentric|cap=1}} Adjective sense 1, {{senseno|sv|differently}} adverb sense 2, {{cog|en|else}} English else Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective}} eljest
  1. (dialectal, Northern Sweden) strange, different, eccentric Tags: Northern, Sweden, dialectal
    Sense id: en-eljest-sv-adj-sv:eccentric
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0

Adverb [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish ællæghis, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (genitive of *aljaz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Adjective sense 1 might derive from adverb sense 2, which is also intuitively what it means. Cognate with English else. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|ællæghis}} Old Swedish ællæghis, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*aljas}} Proto-Germanic *aljas, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{senseno|sv|eccentric|cap=1}} Adjective sense 1, {{senseno|sv|differently}} adverb sense 2, {{cog|en|else}} English else Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb}} eljest
  1. (dated) or else, otherwise Tags: dated Synonyms: annars
    Sense id: en-eljest-sv-adv-S1e58U2O Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 43 57
  2. (obsolete) differently, different Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-eljest-sv-adv-sv:differently Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0
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