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handgriplig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hand (hand) +‎ gripa (grip) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective

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handgriplig (not comparable)

  1. done with the hands, physical (often in a rough manner)
  2. (figuratively) palpable

Declension

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Inflection of handgriplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular handgriplig
neuter singular handgripligt
plural handgripliga
masculine plural2 handgriplige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 handgriplige
all handgripliga

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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