sällsynt

Swedish[edit]

From the neuter form of Old Swedish sälsyn, siäldsyn, siälsyn, siälffsyn. Compound of two parts. The first part is the same root as in sällan and sällsam, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. The second part is -synt. Thus, literally, "seldom seen".

sällsynt (comparative mer sällsynt, superlative mest sällsynt)

The comparative may be expressed by inflection (see the second declension table), but the superlative is rarely seen in this form, and if so, mainly as predicative.

Inflection of sällsynt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	sällsynt	mer sällsynt	mest sällsynt
Neuter singular	sällsynt	mer sällsynt	mest sällsynt
Plural	sällsynta	mer sällsynta	mest sällsynta
Masculine plural³	sällsynte	mer sällsynta	mest sällsynta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	sällsynte	mer sällsynte	mest sällsynte
All	sällsynta	mer sällsynta	mest sällsynta
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

Inflection of sällsynt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	sällsynt	sällsyntare	sällsyntast
Neuter singular	sällsynt	sällsyntare	sällsyntast
Plural	sällsynta	sällsyntare	sällsyntast
Masculine plural³	sällsynte	sällsyntare	sällsyntast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	sällsynte	sällsyntare	sällsyntaste
All	sällsynta	sällsyntare	sällsyntaste
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