yrvaken

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Disputed. By surface analysis, yr +‎ vaken. Arguably the first part of the compound is more closely related to ur (out of). Compare Norwegian ørvaken (sleep deprived), Middle High German urweche (sleepless).

Adjective

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yrvaken (comparative mer yrvaken, superlative mest yrvaken)

  1. drowsy, still half asleep

Declension

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Inflection of yrvaken
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular yrvaken
Neuter singular yrvaket
Plural yrvakna
Masculine plural3 yrvakne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 yrvakne
All yrvakna
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

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