segelbar

Swedish[edit]

segla +‎ -bar, used in Swedish since 1747.

segelbar (not comparable)

(of waters) navigable (that can be reached by ship; deep, wide and open enough)
Förslag att göra Nissaströmmen segelbar hava ofta blivit gjorda.
Proposals to make Nissan river (in Halland) navigable have often been made.

Genom en sådan pack-is är det vanligtvis omöjligt att segla fram, den bildar ett ogenomträngligt hinder; men den, vi träffade vid Beeren Eiland, var ej sådan, utan en lös eller såsom man brukar säga segelbar drif-is.
Through such pack ice it is usually impossible to navigate, it forms an impenetrable obstacle; but the one we met at Beeren Island was not of that kind, but a loose or as it is called navigable drift ice.
(obsolete) (of ships) navigable, seaworthy, steerable (that are in a useful condition)
(obsolete) (of weather) useful for sailing
(of ice) useful for ice yachting (strong and smooth enough)

Inflection of segelbar
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	segelbar	—	—
Neuter singular	segelbart	—	—
Plural	segelbara	—	—
Masculine plural³	segelbare	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	segelbare	—	—
All	segelbara	—	—
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