kunglig
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
kung + -lig, from Old Swedish konung(s)liker
Pronunciation
Adjective
kunglig (comparative kungligare, superlative kungligast)
- royal, pertaining to the monarch or monarchy
- royal, majestic, festive, kingly
- Sällan har svensk prosa skridit fram med kungligare hållning än här
- Rarely has Swedish prose come forth in a more majestic posture than here
- Shakespeare (Hagberg's translation), Henry VI, part 2, act V, scene 1, York speaking:
- Min börd är vida ädlare än kungens, Och vida kungligare är min hug;
- I am far better born than is the king, More like a king, more kingly in my thoughts:
- Min börd är vida ädlare än kungens, Och vida kungligare är min hug;
- Sällan har svensk prosa skridit fram med kungligare hållning än här
- royal, national, governmental, pertaining to the state and government (as opposed to parliamentary matters, private business or municipal affairs), (abbreviated kungl.)
- kungliga biblioteket
- royal library = national library
- kungliga telegrafverket
- national telegraph (telecom) administration
- kunglig förordning
- royal decree = governmental ordinance
- kungliga biblioteket
- (slang) great, awesome
- Synonym: king
Declension
| Inflection of kunglig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kunglig | kungligare | kungligast |
| Neuter singular | kungligt | kungligare | kungligast |
| Plural | kungliga | kungligare | kungligast |
| Masculine plural3 | kunglige | kungligare | kungligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kunglige | kungligare | kungligaste |
| All | kungliga | kungligare | kungligaste |
| 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 | |||