mångårig

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Swedish

Etymology

mång- (“many”) +‎ -årig (“year”)

Adjective

mångårig (not comparable)

  1. lasting many years
    frukterna av mångårig forskning
    the fruits of many years of research
    ett mångårigt samarbete
    a long-standing collaboration
    en mångårig kamp
    a struggle lasting years
  2. having had a certain role for many years
    en mångårig medarbetare på tidningen
    a long-time employee of the newspaper

Declension

Inflection of mångårig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mångårig — —
neuter singular mångårigt — —
plural mångåriga — —
masculine plural2 mångårige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mångårige — —
all mångåriga — —

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.

References

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