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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish spetcelsker, spitcelsker.
Adjective
spetälsk (not comparable)
- leprous (suffering from leprosy)
Han är spetälsk- He's leprous / a leper
- (nominalized) a leper
Vi såg en spetälsk- We saw a leper
Declension
Inflection of spetälsk
| Indefinite
|
positive
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comparative
|
superlative1
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| common singular
|
spetälsk
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—
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—
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| neuter singular
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spetälskt
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—
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—
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| plural
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spetälska
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—
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—
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| masculine plural2
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spetälske
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—
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—
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| Definite
|
positive
|
comparative
|
superlative
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| masculine singular3
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spetälske
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—
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—
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| all
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spetälska
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—
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—
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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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