beskedlig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish beskedheliker, superficially equivalent to besked + -lig. Compare Dutch bescheidenlijk, German bescheiden.
Adjective[edit]
beskedlig (comparative beskedligare, superlative beskedligast)
- kind, good-natured, obliging
- moderate, modest, unassuming
- (transferred sense) tame, unexciting
- en beskedlig bil
- an unexciting car
Declension[edit]
Inflection of beskedlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | beskedlig | beskedligare | beskedligast |
Neuter singular | beskedligt | beskedligare | beskedligast |
Plural | beskedliga | beskedligare | beskedligast |
Masculine plural3 | beskedlige | beskedligare | beskedligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | beskedlige | beskedligare | beskedligaste |
All | beskedliga | beskedligare | beskedligaste |
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]
- beskedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- beskedlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- beskedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- beskedlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)