bestialisk
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely borrowed from German bestialisch, from Latin bestiālis. Cognate of Danish bestialsk.
Adjective
[edit]bestialisk (comparative mer bestialisk, superlative mest bestialisk)
- bestial
- ett bestialiskt mord (common collocation)
- a bestial/brutal/vicious murder
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of bestialisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bestialisk | mer bestialisk | mest bestialisk |
| Neuter singular | bestialiskt | mer bestialiskt | mest bestialiskt |
| Plural | bestialiska | mer bestialiska | mest bestialiska |
| Masculine plural3 | bestialiske | mer bestialiska | mest bestialiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bestialiske | mer bestialiske | mest bestialiske |
| All | bestialiska | mer bestialiska | mest bestialiska |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||