otillbörlig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]o- + tillbörlig, dating back to Old Swedish, cognate with Norwegian and Danish utilbørlig
Adjective
[edit]otillbörlig (comparative mer otillbörlig, superlative mest otillbörlig)
- improper, inappropriate, undue
- Genesis 34:7 (King James Version vs. Swedish 1917 translation)
- han hade gjort vad som var en galenskap i Israel, i det han hade lägrat Jakobs dotter - en otillbörlig gärning.
- he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
- han hade gjort vad som var en galenskap i Israel, i det han hade lägrat Jakobs dotter - en otillbörlig gärning.
- Jack London, The God of His Fathers, chapter: The Man with the Gash
- han följde ständigt solen med ögonen, som med otillbörlig hast arbetade sig upp över himlens östliga båge
- his eyes constantly gauging the progress of the sun, which tore up the eastern slope of the heavens with unseemly haste.
- han följde ständigt solen med ögonen, som med otillbörlig hast arbetade sig upp över himlens östliga båge
- Genesis 34:7 (King James Version vs. Swedish 1917 translation)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of otillbörlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | otillbörlig | mer otillbörlig | mest otillbörlig |
| Neuter singular | otillbörligt | mer otillbörligt | mest otillbörligt |
| Plural | otillbörliga | mer otillbörliga | mest otillbörliga |
| Masculine plural3 | otillbörlige | mer otillbörliga | mest otillbörliga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | otillbörlige | mer otillbörlige | mest otillbörlige |
| All | otillbörliga | mer otillbörliga | mest otillbörliga |
| 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 | |||