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Etymology edit

melankoli +‎ -isk, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Adjective edit

melankolisk (comparative mer melankolisk, superlative mest melankolisk)

  1. melancholic
    Synonyms: svårmodig, tungsint

Declension edit

Inflection of melankolisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular melankolisk mer melankolisk mest melankolisk
Neuter singular melankoliskt mer melankoliskt mest melankoliskt
Plural melankoliska mer melankoliska mest melankoliska
Masculine plural3 melankoliske mer melankoliska mest melankoliska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 melankoliske mer melankoliske mest melankoliske
All melankoliska mer melankoliska mest melankoliska
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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