jämmerlig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
jämmer + -lig. Cognate of Danish jammerlig, Old High German jāmarlīh, Middle High German jāmerlīch, jæmerlīch, German jämmerlich.
Adjective edit
jämmerlig (comparative jämmerligare, superlative jämmerligast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of jämmerlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | jämmerlig | jämmerligare | jämmerligast |
| Neuter singular | jämmerligt | jämmerligare | jämmerligast |
| Plural | jämmerliga | jämmerligare | jämmerligast |
| Masculine plural3 | jämmerlige | jämmerligare | jämmerligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | jämmerlige | jämmerligare | jämmerligaste |
| All | jämmerliga | jämmerligare | jämmerligaste |
| 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 | |||