retlig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
reta (“irritate”) + -lig (“-able”)
Adjective[edit]
retlig (comparative retligare, superlative retligast)
- irritable (easily irritated)
- Synonym: lättretlig
- Hon är på retligt humör
- She's in an irritable mood
- (mildly) annoying (of a situation or the like)
- Synonym: förarglig
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of retlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | retlig | retligare | retligast |
| Neuter singular | retligt | retligare | retligast |
| Plural | retliga | retligare | retligast |
| Masculine plural3 | retlige | retligare | retligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | retlige | retligare | retligaste |
| All | retliga | retligare | retligaste |
| 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 | |||