kunglig

Swedish

Alternative forms

• konglig (obsolete)

Etymology

kung +‎ -lig, from Old Swedish konung(s)liker

Adjective

kunglig (comparative kungligare, superlative kungligast)

1. royal, pertaining to the monarch or monarchy
2. royal, majestic, festive, kingly

   Sällan har svensk prosa skridit fram med kungligare hållning än här

   Rarely has Swedish prose come forth in a more majestic posture than here

   • Shakespeare (Hagberg's translation), Henry VI, part 2, act V, scene 1, York speaking:

     Min börd är vida ädlare än kungens, Och vida kungligare är min hug;

     I am far better born than is the king, More like a king, more kingly in my thoughts:

3. royal, national, governmental, pertaining to the state and government (as opposed to parliamentary matters, private business or municipal affairs), (abbreviated kungl.)

   kungliga biblioteket

   royal library = national library

   kungliga telegrafverket

   national telegraph (telecom) administration

   kunglig förordning

   royal decree = governmental ordinance

4. (slang) great, awesome

   Synonym: king

Declension

Inflection of kunglig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kunglig	kungligare	kungligast
Neuter singular	kungligt	kungligare	kungligast
Plural	kungliga	kungligare	kungligast
Masculine plural3	kunglige	kungligare	kungligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kunglige	kungligare	kungligaste
All	kungliga	kungligare	kungligaste
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

Related terms

• konungslig
• kunglighet

References

• kunglig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kunglig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)