pålitlig

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Swedish

Etymology

lita på (“trust”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pålitlig (comparative pålitligare, superlative pålitligast)

  1. trustworthy, reliable (that one can (always) trust)
    Antonym: opålitlig
    • 1931, Hjalmar Bergman, Clownen Jac‎:
      Därför känner han det tryggt att ha en pålitlig gammal krigsbuss till gårdvar.
      Therefore he finds it comforting to have an old reliable war veteran as a guard dog.

Declension

Inflection of pålitlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pålitlig pålitligare pålitligast
neuter singular pålitligt pålitligare pålitligast
plural pålitliga pålitligare pålitligast
masculine plural2 pålitlige pålitligare pålitligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 pålitlige pålitligare pålitligaste
all pålitliga pålitligare pålitligaste

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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