maktlös
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]makt + -lös. Compare Old Swedish maktaløs (“defenseless”), English mightless, Dutch machteloos, German machtlos, Norwegian Bokmål maktesløs, Danish magtesløs.
Adjective
[edit]maktlös (comparative maktlösare, superlative maktlösast)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of maktlös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | maktlös | maktlösare | maktlösast |
| Neuter singular | maktlöst | maktlösare | maktlösast |
| Plural | maktlösa | maktlösare | maktlösast |
| Masculine plural3 | maktlöse | maktlösare | maktlösast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | maktlöse | maktlösare | maktlösaste |
| All | maktlösa | maktlösare | maktlösaste |
| 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]References
[edit]- maktlös in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- maktlös in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- maktlös in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- maktalös in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T