hialös

Swedish

Etymology

From a southern dialectal verb higa, hia (“to haste, to rush”) +‎ -lös (“-less”), with the suffix strengthening the negative meaning rather than inverting it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hiːaˌløːs/

• Audio (Småland):

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Adjective

hialös (comparative mer hialös, superlative mest hialös)

1. (dialectal, Southern) impatient, restless, eager
   • 2019, Julius Viktorsson, Jonas Nyrén, Bengt Arvidson, “Snackeshowen drog fullt hus: ’Som skåning förväntas man vara dryg’ [Talkshow drew a full house: ’As a Scanian you are expected to be haughty’]”, in Sydsvenskan:

     Portarna öppnas och 500 hialösa besökare slår sig ner framför scenen.

     The doors open and 500 eager visitors sit down in front of the stage.

Declension

Inflection of hialös

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hialös	mer hialös	mest hialös
neuter singular	hialöst	mer hialöst	mest hialöst
plural	hialösa	mer hialösa	mest hialösa
masculine plural2	hialöse	mer hialösa	mest hialösa
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hialöse	mer hialöse	mest hialöse
all	hialösa	mer hialösa	mest hialösa

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

• hialös in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Hialös, hia sig. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 8 January 2018.