spetälsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spetcelsker, spitcelsker.

Adjective

spetälsk (not comparable)

  1. leprous (suffering from leprosy)
    Han är spetälsk
    He's leprous / a leper
  2. (nominalized) a leper
    Vi såg en spetälsk
    We saw a leper

Declension

Inflection of spetälsk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spetälsk
Neuter singular spetälskt
Plural spetälska
Masculine plural3 spetälske
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spetälske
All spetälska
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

References

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