lesbisk
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Danish
Pronunciation
Adjective
lesbisk
- lesbian (pertaining to female homosexuality)
- Lesbian (concerning the Greek island of Lesbos and the Ancient Greek dialect of this island)
Inflection
| Inflection of lesbisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | lesbisk | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | lesbisk | — | —2 |
| Plural | lesbiske | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | lesbiske | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
See also
lesbisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos), a Greek island.
Adjective
lesbisk (neuter singular lesbisk, definite singular and plural lesbiske)
See also
References
- “lesbisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos), a Greek island.
Adjective
lesbisk (neuter singular lesbisk, definite singular and plural lesbiske)
See also
References
- “lesbisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
lesbisk
- lesbian
- Synonyms: homosexuell, gay, (possibly offensive) lebb, (possibly offensive) flata
Declension
| Inflection of lesbisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lesbisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | lesbiskt | — | — |
| Plural | lesbiska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | lesbiske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lesbiske | — | — |
| All | lesbiska | — | — |
| 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 | |||