spastisk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós). Cognate of Danish spastisk, German spastisch, French spastique.

Adjective

spastisk (comparative mer spastisk, superlative mest spastisk)

1. spastic

Declension

Inflection of spastisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	spastisk	mer spastisk	mest spastisk
neuter singular	spastiskt	mer spastiskt	mest spastiskt
plural	spastiska	mer spastiska	mest spastiska
masculine plural2	spastiske	mer spastiska	mest spastiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	spastiske	mer spastiske	mest spastiske
all	spastiska	mer spastiska	mest spastiska

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.

Related terms

• spasm
• spasmodisk

References

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