oförklarlig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
o- (“un-”) + förklarlig (“explainable”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
oförklarlig (not comparable)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- av någon oförklarlig anledning
- for some inexplicable reason
- unexplained
- oförklarlig fågeldöd
- unexplained bird death
Usage notes[edit]
Oförklarad would be the literal translation in (sense 2), but oförklarlig is more idiomatic, focusing on people's (current) inability to explain something rather than on it not being explained.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of oförklarlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | oförklarlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | oförklarligt | — | — |
| Plural | oförklarliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | oförklarlige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | oförklarlige | — | — |
| All | oförklarliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||