lillgammal

Swedish

Etymology

lilla (“little”) +‎ gammal (“old”)

Adjective

lillgammal (comparative mer lillgammal, superlative mest lillgammal)

1. (of or related to a child) like someone older or an adult (often in an amusing idiosyncratic way), precocious

Declension

Inflection of lillgammal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	lillgammal	mer lillgammal	mest lillgammal
neuter singular	lillgammalt	mer lillgammalt	mest lillgammalt
plural	lillgamla	mer lillgamla	mest lillgamla
masculine plural2	lillgamle	mer lillgamla	mest lillgamla
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	lillgamle	mer lillgamle	mest lillgamle
all	lillgamla	mer lillgamla	mest lillgamla

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.

See also

• brådmogen (“precocious”)

References

• lillgammal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lillgammal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lillgammal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)