oförklarlig

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

o- (“un-”) +‎ förklarlig (“explainable”)

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

oförklarlig (not comparable)

inexplicable, unexplainable
av någon oförklarlig anledning
for some inexplicable reason
unexplained
oförklarlig fågeldöd
unexplained bird death

Usage notes edit

Oförklarad would be the literal translation in (sense 2), but oförklarlig is more idiomatic, focusing on people's (current) inability to explain something rather than on it not being explained.

Declension edit

Inflection of oförklarlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	oförklarlig	—	—
Neuter singular	oförklarligt	—	—
Plural	oförklarliga	—	—
Masculine plural³	oförklarlige	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	oförklarlige	—	—
All	oförklarliga	—	—
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

Derived terms edit

oförklarlighet