UrsprungFrom Middle Low German sä̂lich, older form of sêlich, from Old Saxon sālig, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg.
- blessed
“Saliga de ödmjuka, de skall ärva landet.” — Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
- exhilarated
- dated, uninflecteddead, late
“Det påminde mig nästan om gamla dagar, då min salig far […] brukade utbringa en skål för Vår Herre.” — It almost reminded me of the old days, when my late father used to propose a toast to Our Lord.
- An intensifier; complete
“en salig röra” — a complete mess
“en salig blandning” — a mishmash
Formersaligare(comparative) · saligast(superlative) · salig(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · saligare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · saligast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · saligt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · saligare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · saligast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · saliga(indefinite, plural, positive) · saligare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · saligast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · salige(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · saligare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · saligast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · salige(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · saligare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · saligaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · saliga(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · saligare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · saligaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)