sorglig

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sorgheliker, equivalent to sorg +‎ -lig (-ly). Cognate of German sorglich, Danish sørgelig.

Adjective

sorglig (comparative sorgligare, superlative sorgligast)

  1. sad (evoking sadness)
    en sorglig film
    a sad movie
    Det är sorgligt när hjälten dör i slutet av boken
    It's sad when the hero dies at the end of the book
    en sorglig situation med mycket onödigt lidande
    a sad situation with a lot of unnecessary suffering
    • 2007, Laser Inc (lyrics and music), “Det var en gång en fågel [Once upon a time, there was a bird]”:
      Det var en gång en liten fågel. Ja, en fågel. Han bodde på landet, och Roger hette han. Han ville gärna leka med sina vänner, med sina vänner, men det fick inte han. Men denna historia slutar sorgligt, för Roger blev skjuten, skjuten i magen av gamle jägar'n [jägaren] Pär. Han ville hem och äta, äta en fågel med lite potäter, men Roger hann iväg.
      Once upon a time, there was a little bird. Yes, a bird. He lived in the countryside, and Roger was his name. He wanted to play with his friends , with his friends, but he didn't get to. But this story ends sadly, because Roger was shot, shot in the stomach by old hunter Pär . He wanted to go home and eat, eat a bird with some potatoes, but Roger got away .
  2. sad (pitiful or pathetic (evoking sadness, or contempt when more figurative))
    Han är bara sorglig
    He's just sad
    sorgliga, patetiska små varelser
    sad, pathetic little creatures
    De bor under rätt sorgliga förhållanden
    They live in pretty sad conditions

Usage notes

Of a situation, story, book, movie, or the like in (sense 1). For a person, sorglig means sad as in pitiful or pathetic. For feeling sad, sorgsen or ledsen is used.

Declension

Inflection of sorglig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sorglig sorgligare sorgligast
Neuter singular sorgligt sorgligare sorgligast
Plural sorgliga sorgligare sorgligast
Masculine plural3 sorglige sorgligare sorgligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sorglige sorgligare sorgligaste
All sorgliga sorgligare sorgligaste
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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