folkilsken

Swedish

Alternative forms

• folkilsk

Etymology

From folk (“people”) +‎ ilsken (“angry”).

Adjective

folkilsken (comparative folkilsknare, superlative folkilsknast)

1. (of a (usually domestic) animal) prone to attacking, not good around people
2. (of a human, by ironic extension) angry, not good around people

Declension

Inflection of folkilsken

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	folkilsken	folkilsknare	folkilsknast
neuter singular	folkilsket	folkilsknare	folkilsknast
plural	folkilskna	folkilsknare	folkilsknast
masculine plural2	folkilskne	folkilsknare	folkilsknast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	folkilskne	folkilsknare	folkilsknaste
all	folkilskna	folkilsknare	folkilsknaste

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.

References

• folkilsken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• folkilsken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• folkilsken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)