sannfärdig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish sanfärdogher. By surface analysis, sann + färdig. Cognate of Danish sandfærdig, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sannferdig.
Adjective edit
sannfärdig (comparative sannfärdigare, superlative sannfärdigast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of sannfärdig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sannfärdig | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigast |
| Neuter singular | sannfärdigt | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigast |
| Plural | sannfärdiga | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigast |
| Masculine plural3 | sannfärdige | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sannfärdige | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigaste |
| All | sannfärdiga | sannfärdigare | sannfärdigaste |
| 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 | |||
Further reading edit
- sannfärdig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- sann in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)