spräcklig
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish spräklotter, from Old Norse spreklóttr. Cognate of Danish spraglet, Middle High German spreckeleht, English spreckled. Possibly from the same root as in English sprinkle.
Adjective
[edit]spräcklig (not comparable)
- speckled (with irregular spots or blotches (or stripes, etc.) of two or more colors)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of spräcklig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spräcklig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | spräckligt | — | — |
| Plural | spräckliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | spräcklige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spräcklige | — | — |
| All | spräckliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- spräcklig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spräcklig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spräcklig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spräcklig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)