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elakartad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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elak +‎ -artad. Compare German bösartig.

Adjective

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elakartad (comparative mer elakartad, superlative mest elakartad)

  1. maleficent, ill-natured, mischievous
  2. (oncology) malignant
    Synonyms: allvarlig, malign, svårartad
    Antonym: godartad
    en elakartad tumör
    a malignant tumor

Declension

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Inflection of elakartad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular elakartad
neuter singular elakartat
plural elakartade
masculine plural2 elakartade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 elakartade
all elakartade

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.

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