lättskött
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Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (obsolete typography) lättſkött
Etymology[edit]
Compound of lätt (“easy”) + skött (“handled; maintained”). First attested in 1845.[1]
Adjective[edit]
lättskött (not comparable)
- Being easy to use and maintain.
- 1865 November 8, “Landsvägslokomotiv [Road locomotive]”, in Barometern[1], page 1:
- […] ; machinen är lättſkött och deß ſnabbhet kan utan ſwårighet ökas eller minſkas.
- […] ; the machine is easy to use and its speed can be increased or decreased without difficulty.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of lättskött | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lättskött | — | — |
| Neuter singular | lättskött | — | — |
| Plural | lättskötta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | lättskötte | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lättskötte | — | — |
| All | lättskötta | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Antonyms[edit]
- svårskött (“hard to use and maintain”)