hjärtlig

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Swedish

Etymology

From hjärta +‎ -lig. Compare similar constructions with Danish hjertelig, Norwegian Bokmål hjertelig, Norwegian Nynorsk hjarteleg, German herzlich, Dutch hartelijk and English heartly.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hjärtlig (comparative hjärtligare, superlative hjärtligast)

  1. cordial, hearty

Declension

Inflection of hjärtlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hjärtlig hjärtligare hjärtligast
neuter singular hjärtligt hjärtligare hjärtligast
plural hjärtliga hjärtligare hjärtligast
masculine plural2 hjärtlige hjärtligare hjärtligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hjärtlige hjärtligare hjärtligaste
all hjärtliga hjärtligare hjärtligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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