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Danish

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Etymology

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  • jomfru (virgin) +‎ -lig (adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɔmfruːˀəli/, [jʌmˈfʁuˀuli], [jʌmˈfʁoˀoli]

Adjective

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jomfruelig (neuter jomfrueligt, plural and definite singular attributive jomfruelige)

  1. virgin (not having had sex)
  2. (by extension) untouched; unexplored; unclaimed
    • 2007, Ulla Habermann, En postmoderne helgen?, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 54:
      Helt jomfrueligt var området dog ikke, ...
      The topic was however not completely virgin, ...
    • 2018, Søren Rasmussen, Den største safari: I begyndelsen var Afrika – historier om livets udvikling set gennem natur og mennesker i Afrika, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Bilparken modsiger drømmen om den vilde, øde og ganske jomfruelige natur.
      The carpark contrasts with the dream of the wild, deserted and quite virginal nature.

Inflection

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Inflection of jomfruelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular jomfruelig jomfrueligere jomfrueligst2
indefinite neuter singular jomfrueligt jomfrueligere jomfrueligst2
plural jomfruelige jomfrueligere jomfrueligst2
definite attributive1 jomfruelige jomfrueligere jomfrueligste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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jomfru +‎ -lig, from Old Norse jungfrúligr.

Adjective

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jomfruelig (indefinite singular jomfruelig, definite singular and plural jomfruelige)

  1. virgin, virginal

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