bukolisk

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós). First attested in 1807.

Adjective

bukolisk (comparative bukoliskare, superlative bukoliskast)

1. bucolic

   Synonyms: bondsk, lantlig, pastoral, rustik

   • 1837 May 3, Scribe, Melesville, “Theater. Alphyddan. Opera Comique i 1 akt. [Theater. The Alph's Hut. Comic Opera in 1 act.]”, in Aftonbladet, page 2:

     Från morgon till qväll endast idyllisk fröjd och bukolisk trefnad! ingen oro, ingen smärta!

     From morning till evening, only idyllic joy and bucolic tranquility! no worries, no pain!

   • 1960, Evert Taube, Berättelser under ett fikonträd, page 140:

     Men jag gissade att de var från en flicka som dansade barfota på Fenix och som jag hade gjort en teckning av, när hon dansade en bukolisk dans, jag vill minnas att det var en tarantella.

     But I guessed that they were from a girl who danced barefoot at Fenix and whom I had drawn, while she danced a bucolic dance, I want to remember that it was a tarantella.

Declension

Inflection of bukolisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	bukolisk	—	—
neuter singular	bukoliskt	—	—
plural	bukoliska	—	—
masculine plural2	bukoliske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bukoliske	—	—
all	bukoliska	—	—

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.

See also

• bukoler (“ancient Egyptian nomads”)

References

• bukolisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)