syrlig

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sur or syre +‎ -lig.

Adjective

syrlig (indefinite singular syrlig, definite singular and plural syrlige)

  1. acid, acidic
  2. sour, sourish

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Swedish

Etymology

syra (acid) +‎ -lig

Adjective

syrlig (comparative syrligare, superlative syrligast)

  1. having a (pleasant, refreshing) slightly sour taste or smell
    en syrlig korv
    a sausage with a (pleasant) slightly sour taste
  2. (figuratively) slightly mean and biting (of a comment or the like)

Declension

Inflection of syrlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular syrlig syrligare syrligast
neuter singular syrligt syrligare syrligast
plural syrliga syrligare syrligast
masculine plural2 syrlige syrligare syrligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 syrlige syrligare syrligaste
all syrliga syrligare syrligaste

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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