mooi
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mooi (attributive mooie, comparative mooier, superlative mooiste)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch mooy, moy, from Old Dutch mōi (“beautiful, trim, neat”, attested in nicknames), further origin uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī (“clean, washed”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz, *maujaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wet, wash”). Further etymology unknown. Cognate with West Frisian moai (“beautiful”), Middle Low German môi, môie (whence German Low German mooi (“beautiful”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mooi (comparative mooier, superlative mooist)
- beautiful, pretty, handsome
- Wat een mooi meisje. ― What a beautiful girl.
- Ik ben te mooi om te werken. ― I'm too beautiful to work.
- nice, good
- Mooi werk! ― Nice work!
Inflection
[edit]Declension of mooi | ||||
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uninflected | mooi | |||
inflected | mooie | |||
comparative | mooier | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | mooi | mooier | het mooist het mooiste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | mooie | mooiere | mooiste |
n. sing. | mooi | mooier | mooiste | |
plural | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
definite | mooie | mooiere | mooiste | |
partitive | moois | mooiers | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: mooi, mōi, mui, mooj
- Berbice Creole Dutch: moi
- Jersey Dutch: mûi
- Negerhollands: mooi, mooj, mui
- Skepi Creole Dutch: moi, moye
- → Aukan: moi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: moi
- → Kwinti: moi
- → North Frisian: mooi
- → Saterland Frisian: mooi
- → Scots: moy
- → Saramaccan: moi
- → Sranan Tongo: moi
- → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: moime
- → West Frisian: moai
References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mooi”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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