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	superlative1
common singular	sedlig	sedligare	sedligast
neuter singular	sedligt	sedligare	sedligast
plural	sedliga	sedligare	sedligast
masculine plural2	sedlige	sedligare	sedligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sedlige	sedligare	sedligaste
all	sedliga	sedligare	sedligaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• sedlighet

References

• “sedlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sedlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sedlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)