jämlik

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iæmliker. By surface analysis, jämn +‎ lik. Compare Old Norse jafnlíkr.

Adjective

jämlik (comparative jämlikare, superlative jämlikast)

1. equal (in rights and the like)

Declension

Inflection of jämlik

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	jämlik	jämlikare	jämlikast
neuter singular	jämlikt	jämlikare	jämlikast
plural	jämlika	jämlikare	jämlikast
masculine plural2	jämlike	jämlikare	jämlikast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	jämlike	jämlikare	jämlikaste
all	jämlika	jämlikare	jämlikaste

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.

Derived terms

• jämlikhet
• ojämlik

See also

• egalitär

References

• jämlik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jämlik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jämlik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• jämn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)