sedlig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sidhliker. By surface analysis, sed (“(implied good) custom”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”). Cognate of Danish sædelig, German sittlich, Dutch zedelijk.

Adjective

sedlig (comparative sedligare, superlative sedligast)

1. moral, ethical

   Antonyms: osedlig, sedeslös

Declension

Inflection of sedlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sedlig	sedligare	sedligast
Neuter singular	sedligt	sedligare	sedligast
Plural	sedliga	sedligare	sedligast
Masculine plural3	sedlige	sedligare	sedligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sedlige	sedligare	sedligaste
All	sedliga	sedligare	sedligaste
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

Derived terms

• sedlighet

References

• sedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sedlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)