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Swedish
Etymology
sjö (“sea”) + -s- + sjuk (“sick”). Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk sjøsjuk and Danish søsyg
Pronunciation
Adjective
sjösjuk (not comparable)
- seasick
Sju sjösjuka sjömän på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor, på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai- Seven seasick sailors on the sinking ship Shanghai were cared for by seven fair nurses, on the sinking ship Shanghai (tongue twister with many sounds)
Declension
| Inflection of sjösjuk
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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sjösjuk
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| Neuter singular
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sjösjukt
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| Plural
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sjösjuka
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| Masculine plural3
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sjösjuke
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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sjösjuke
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| All
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sjösjuka
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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
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