Inherited from Old Swedish varliker. By surface analysis, vår + -lig.
vårlig (comparative vårligare, superlative vårligast)
Inflection of vårlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vårlig | vårligare | vårligast |
Neuter singular | vårligt | vårligare | vårligast |
Plural | vårliga | vårligare | vårligast |
Masculine plural3 | vårlige | vårligare | vårligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vårlige | vårligare | vårligaste |
All | vårliga | vårligare | vårligaste |
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 |