Swedish edit

Etymology edit

barn +‎ -lös

Adjective edit

barnlös

  1. childless, without children
    Seled dog barnlös.
    Seled died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:30)
    Och Peninna hade barn, men Hanna var barnlös.
    and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. (1 Sam. 1:2)

Declension edit

Inflection of barnlös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular barnlös
Neuter singular barnlöst
Plural barnlösa
Masculine plural3 barnlöse
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 barnlöse
All barnlösa
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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