sjösjuk
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sjö (“sea”) + -s- + sjuk (“sick”). Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk sjøsjuk and Danish søsyg
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sjösjuk (not comparable)
- seasick
- Sju sjösjuka sjömän på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor, på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai
- Seven seasick sailors on the sinking ship Shanghai were cared for by seven fair nurses, on the sinking ship Shanghai (tongue twister with many [ɧ] sounds)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sjösjuk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sjösjuk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | sjösjukt | — | — |
| Plural | sjösjuka | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | sjösjuke | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sjösjuke | — | — |
| All | sjösjuka | — | — |
| 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 | |||