styvmoderlig
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]styvmoderlig
- unfair, disadvantageous, with less care and warmth than expected, like a stepmother
Declension
[edit]Inflection of styvmoderlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | styvmoderlig | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
Neuter singular | styvmoderligt | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
Plural | styvmoderliga | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
Masculine plural3 | styvmoderlige | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | styvmoderlige | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligaste |
All | styvmoderliga | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligaste |
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 |