sjösjuk

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Swedish

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Etymology

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sjö (sea) +‎ -s- +‎ sjuk (sick). Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk sjøsjuk and Danish søsyg

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sjösjuk (not comparable)

  1. seasick
    Sju sjösjuka sjömän på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor, på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai
    Seven seasick sailors on the sinking ship Shanghai were cared for by seven fair nurses, on the sinking ship Shanghai (tongue twister with many [ɧ] sounds)

Declension

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Inflection of sjösjuk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sjösjuk
Neuter singular sjösjukt
Plural sjösjuka
Masculine plural3 sjösjuke
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sjösjuke
All sjösjuka
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
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References

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