delaktig
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
del (“part”) + -aktig, from Middle Low German delachtich
Adjective[edit]
delaktig (neuter singular delaktig, definite singular and plural delaktige)
- involved (i.e. taking part in...)
References[edit]
- “delaktig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Swedish delaktogher, from Middle Low German delhaftich, delachtich, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *daili (“part, share”) + *haft (“captive”). Cognate of Danish delagtig, archaic Dutch deelachtich, German teilhaftig.
Adjective[edit]
delaktig (comparative mer delaktig, superlative mest delaktig)
Usage notes[edit]
Often used for involvement in crime or other wrongdoing.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of delaktig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | delaktig | mer delaktig | mest delaktig |
Neuter singular | delaktigt | mer delaktigt | mest delaktigt |
Plural | delaktiga | mer delaktiga | mest delaktiga |
Masculine plural3 | delaktige | mer delaktiga | mest delaktiga |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | delaktige | mer delaktige | mest delaktige |
All | delaktiga | mer delaktiga | mest delaktiga |
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 |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -aktig
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives