ilsk

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish ilzker. Compare origin to ill- and illa.

Adjective

ilsk (comparative ilskare, superlative ilskast)

1. (colloquial) angry

Declension

Inflection of ilsk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ilsk	ilskare	ilskast
neuter singular	ilskt	ilskare	ilskast
plural	ilska	ilskare	ilskast
masculine plural2	ilske	ilskare	ilskast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ilske	ilskare	ilskaste
all	ilska	ilskare	ilskaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• ilska
• ilsken
• ilskna

References

• “ilsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ilsk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ilsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ilsken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)