tålmodig
Danish
Etymology
From tålmod (“patience”) + -ig.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tålmodig
- patient (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Inflection
| Inflection of tålmodig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | tålmodig | tålmodigere | tålmodigst2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | tålmodigt | tålmodigere | tålmodigst2 |
| Plural | tålmodige | tålmodigere | tålmodigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | tålmodige | tålmodigere | tålmodigste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Antonyms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
tålmodig (indefinite singular tålmodig, definite singular and plural tålmodige, comparative tålmodigere, indefinite superlative tålmodigst, definite superlative tålmodigste)
- patient (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
- tolmodig (Nynorsk)
References
- “tålmodig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “tålmodig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
tålmodig
- patient (not losing one's temper while waiting)
Declension
| Inflection of tålmodig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tålmodig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | tålmodigt | — | — |
| Plural | tålmodiga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | tålmodige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tålmodige | — | — |
| All | tålmodiga | — | — |
| 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 | |||