lavinartad

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lavin (avalanche) +‎ -artad (-like)

Adjective[edit]

lavinartad (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) great and fast (and uncontrolled)
    Arbetslösheten ökade lavinartat
    There was an avalanche of unemployment ("Unemployment increased avalance-like")

Declension[edit]

Inflection of lavinartad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lavinartad
Neuter singular lavinartat
Plural lavinartade
Masculine plural3 lavinartade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lavinartade
All lavinartade
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

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