# salig
## Cebuano
### Verb

salig
* to rely
* to trust

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg (“happy, blissful”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsæːli]

### Adjective

salig
* blessed
* blissful
* exhilarated
* (euphemistic) dead

#### Inflection

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

#### Related terms

* saliggøre
* saliggørelse
* saliggørende
* salighed
* saligkåre
* saligprisning

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

### Adjective

salig (neuter singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligere, indefinite superlative saligst, definite superlative saligste)
* (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life
    Salige er de fattige i ånden.Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)
    Salig er den som ikke følger ugudelige menneskers råd og ikke slår inn på synderes vei eller sitter sammen med spottere. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of wicked men and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.
* blissful, blessed, immensely happy
    Hun var i en salig rus.She was in a rush of blissfulness.
* used humorously and as an adverb intensifier
    Min salig bestemor.
       My blissfull [dead] grandmother.
    Han er salig full.
       He is blissfully [very] drunk.

#### Synonyms

* befridd, berget, bevart, forløst, fri, frelst
* forklare (forklaret), guddommelig, herlig, liflig, lykkelig, sæl, vidunderlig

#### Derived terms

* saligkåre

### References

* “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (compare Old Norse sæll, Norwegian sæl).

### Adjective

salig (indefinite singular salig, definite singular and plural salige, comparative saligare, indefinite superlative saligast, definite superlative saligaste)
* (religious) blessed, saved, granted eternal life
    Salige er dei fattige i ånda.
       Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5,3)
    Salig er han som ikkje følgjer ugudelege menneskes råd og ikkje slår inn på syndares veg eller sitt saman med spottare. (From the Book of Psalms in the Bible)
       Blessed is he that does not follow the counsel of the wicked and does not walk the way of sinners or sit together with scoffers.
* (humorous) drunk
    God og salig.Good and drunk.

#### Synonyms

* frigjort, berga, bevart, forløyst, fri, frelst
* forklare (forklaret), guddommeleg, herleg, ljuvleg, lykkeleg, sæl, vedunderleg

#### Derived terms

* saligkåre

### References

* “salig” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “salig” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* Wikiquote, Norwegian edition
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “salig”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑ.lij/

### Noun

saliġ m
* Alternative form of sealh

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

### Adjective

sālig
* happy

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: sælic
** German: selig
** Luxembourgish: séileg
** Silesian East Central German: salig (Gebirgsschlesisch); sälig; selig (Breslauisch)
*** ⇒ Silesian East Central German: glücksälig (also Breslauisch)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

salig (comparative saligare, superlative saligast)
* blessed
    Antonym: osalig
* exhilarated
* (dated, uninflected) dead
* An intensifier; complete
    en salig röra ― a complete mess
    en salig blandning ― a mishmash

#### Declension

$^1$ 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.

#### Derived terms

* envar blir salig på sin fason
* salig i åminnelse

### References

* salig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* salig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* salig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ligas

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsaliɡ/ [ˈsaː.lɪɡ̚]
* Rhymes: -aliɡ
* Syllabification: sa‧lig

### Adjective

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
* based on or from; deduced from (usually with sa)
    Synonyms: batay, hango

### Noun

salig (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
* basing of one thing from another
    Synonyms: hango, batay, paghango, pagbabatay, pagsalig, pagsasalig

#### Derived terms

* isalig
* kapanalig
* magsalig
* manalig
* mapanalig
* masalig
* pagsalig
* pagsaligan
* pananalig
* pinagsasaligan
* saligan
* saligang-batas
* sumalig

### Anagrams

* galis, silag, ligsa, gilas, sigla, lagis