skral
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See also: skrål
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]skral
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German schral.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]skral (neuter skralt, definite singular and plural skrale, comparative skralare, indefinite superlative skralast, definite superlative skralaste)
- bad, poor, dilapidated, ill
- Det er ganske skralt med han.
- He is in a bad way.
References
[edit]- “skral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Middle Low German schral or Dutch schraal. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål skral. Possibly related with skrå (“guild”).
Adjective
[edit]skral (comparative skralare, superlative skralast)
- meager, scant
- Kassan var skral, så han åt mycket potatis
- The coffers were running thin, so he ate a lot of potatoes
- att vara skral i kassan
- to be low on money
- bad
- ill, unwell
Declension
[edit]Inflection of skral | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skral | skralare | skralast |
Neuter singular | skralt | skralare | skralast |
Plural | skrala | skralare | skralast |
Masculine plural3 | skrale | skralare | skralast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skrale | skralare | skralaste |
All | skrala | skralare | skralaste |
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 |
References
[edit]- skral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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