kritvit

Swedish

Etymology

krita (“chalk”) +‎ vit (“white”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kritkvit, Norwegian Bokmål kritthvit, Danish kridhvid.

Adjective

kritvit (not comparable)

very white or pale; chalk-white
kritvit sand
chalk-white sand

Han var kritvit i ansiktet
He was white as a sheet

Declension

Inflection of **kritvit**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	kritvit	kritvitare	kritvitast
neuter singular	kritvitt	kritvitare	kritvitast
plural	kritvita	kritvitare	kritvitast
masculine plural²	kritvite	kritvitare	kritvitast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	kritvite	kritvitare	kritvitaste
all	kritvita	kritvitare	kritvitaste

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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