lycksalig
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German lückesālich (“lucky, happy”), equivalent to lycka + salig (both of which are also Middle Low German borrowings). Cognate of Danish lyksalig and German glückselig.
Adjective
[edit]lycksalig (comparative lycksaligare, superlative lycksaligast)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of lycksalig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lycksalig | lycksaligare | lycksaligast |
| Neuter singular | lycksaligt | lycksaligare | lycksaligast |
| Plural | lycksaliga | lycksaligare | lycksaligast |
| Masculine plural3 | lycksalige | lycksaligare | lycksaligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lycksalige | lycksaligare | lycksaligaste |
| All | lycksaliga | lycksaligare | lycksaligaste |
| 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 | |||