hialös
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a southern dialectal verb higa, hia (“to haste, to rush”) + -lös (“-less”), with the suffix strengthening the negative meaning rather than inverting it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hialös (comparative mer hialös, superlative mest hialös)
- (dialectal, Southern) impatient, restless, eager
- 2019, Julius Viktorsson, Jonas Nyrén, Bengt Arvidson, “Snackeshowen drog fullt hus: ’Som skåning förväntas man vara dryg’ [Talkshow drew a full house: ’As a Scanian you are expected to be haughty’]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Portarna öppnas och 500 hialösa besökare slår sig ner framför scenen.
- The doors open and 500 eager visitors sit down in front of the stage.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of hialös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hialös | mer hialös | mest hialös |
| Neuter singular | hialöst | mer hialöst | mest hialöst |
| Plural | hialösa | mer hialösa | mest hialösa |
| Masculine plural3 | hialöse | mer hialösa | mest hialösa |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hialöse | mer hialöse | mest hialöse |
| All | hialösa | mer hialösa | mest hialösa |
| 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 | |||