sjuklig

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Swedish

Etymology

sjuk (“sick”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Adjective

sjuklig (comparative sjukligare, superlative sjukligast)

  1. sickly ((indicative) of poor health, often sick)
    Hon är sjuklig
    She is sickly
    sjuklig hy
    sickly skin
  2. morbid, pathological
    sjuklig fetma
    morbid obesity
    sjukliga förändringar i vävnad
    pathological changes in tissue
  3. unhealthy, sick (indicative of disturbed mental health)
    en sjuklig fascination för eld
    an unhealthy fascination with fire
    sjukliga begär
    sick desires

Declension

Inflection of sjuklig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sjuklig sjukligare sjukligast
Neuter singular sjukligt sjukligare sjukligast
Plural sjukliga sjukligare sjukligast
Masculine plural3 sjuklige sjukligare sjukligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sjuklige sjukligare sjukligaste
All sjukliga sjukligare sjukligaste
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

References

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