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maläten

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Swedish

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Etymology

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mal (moth) +‎ äten (eaten)

Adjective

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maläten (not comparable)

  1. moth-eaten (also figuratively of something old in poor condition)
    en gammal maläten björnfäll
    an old moth-eaten bearskin rug

Declension

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Inflection of maläten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular maläten
neuter singular malätet
plural malätna
masculine plural2 malätne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 malätne
all malätna

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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