lovlig
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Compound of lov (“law”) + -lig.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)
Antonyms edit
References edit
Adverb edit
lovlig
Usage notes edit
Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- lovleg (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “lovlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
lov (“permission”) + -lig (“-ly”)
Adjective edit
lovlig (not comparable)
- lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)
- lovligt byte
- fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)
- (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed
- vara mer än lovligt slarvlig
- be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy
Declension edit
Inflection of lovlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lovlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | lovligt | — | — |
Plural | lovliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | lovlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lovlige | — | — |
All | lovliga | — | — |
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 |