lottlös
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lott (“share”) + -lös (“-less”)
Adjective
[edit]lottlös (not comparable)
- empty-handed, shareless (receiving no share (of something distributed, for example prizes or an inheritance))
- Regissören blev lottlös på Oscarsgalan
- The director left the Oscars ceremony empty-handed ("was shareless at the Oscars ceremony")
- Sambon gick lottlös ur striden med arvingarna
- His partner came away empty-handed from her battle with the heirs ("went shareless out of the battle with the heirs")
Usage notes
[edit]Also literally means "ticket-less," which sometimes inspires puns.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of lottlös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lottlös | — | — |
| Neuter singular | lottlöst | — | — |
| Plural | lottlösa | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | lottlöse | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lottlöse | — | — |
| All | lottlösa | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also
[edit]- tomhänt (“empty-handed”)