skröplig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish skröpelīker. Probably from dialectal skryp, suffixed with -lig. Compare Old Norse skrjúpr (“frail, weak”). Cognate of Danish skrøbelig, Norwegian Bokmål skrøpelig.
Adjective
[edit]skröplig (comparative skröpligare, superlative skröpligast)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of skröplig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skröplig | skröpligare | skröpligast |
| Neuter singular | skröpligt | skröpligare | skröpligast |
| Plural | skröpliga | skröpligare | skröpligast |
| Masculine plural3 | skröplige | skröpligare | skröpligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skröplige | skröpligare | skröpligaste |
| All | skröpliga | skröpligare | skröpligaste |
| 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]- skröplig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skröplig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skröplig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skröplig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- skröpeliker in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T