skröplig

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skröpelīker. Probably from dialectal skryp, suffixed with -lig. Compare Old Norse skrjúpr (“frail, weak”). Cognate of Danish skrøbelig, Norwegian Bokmål skrøpelig.

Adjective

skröplig (comparative skröpligare, superlative skröpligast)

  1. frail, infirm, weak (usually of someone old)
    Synonym: skraltig

Declension

Inflection of skröplig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skröplig skröpligare skröpligast
Neuter singular skröpligt skröpligare skröpligast
Plural skröpliga skröpligare skröpligast
Masculine plural3 skröplige skröpligare skröpligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skröplige skröpligare skröpligaste
All skröpliga skröpligare skröpligaste
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

Derived terms

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