jämlik
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish iæmliker. By surface analysis, jämn + lik. Compare Old Norse jafnlíkr.
Adjective
[edit]jämlik (comparative jämlikare, superlative jämlikast)
- equal (in rights and the like)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of jämlik | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | jämlik | jämlikare | jämlikast |
Neuter singular | jämlikt | jämlikare | jämlikast |
Plural | jämlika | jämlikare | jämlikast |
Masculine plural3 | jämlike | jämlikare | jämlikast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | jämlike | jämlikare | jämlikaste |
All | jämlika | jämlikare | jämlikaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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)