sparsommelig

Danish

Etymology

From sparsom (“scanty, sparing”) +‎ -lig (adjective suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sparsɔmˀəli/, [sb̥ɑˈsʌmˀl̩li]

Adjective

sparsommelig (neuter sparsommeligt, plural and definite singular attributive sparsommelige)

  1. thrifty, frugal

Inflection
Inflection of sparsommelig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sparsommelig sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Indefinite neuter singular sparsommeligt sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Plural sparsommelige sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Definite attributive1 sparsommelige sparsommeligere sparsommeligste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms
  • sparsommelighed

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sparsom +‎ -lig.

Adjective

sparsommelig (neuter singular sparsommelig, definite singular and plural sparsommelige)

  1. thrifty, frugal

References
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