sniken
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish snīkin, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną. Related to snika and English sneak. Despite superficially having the form of a past participle, originally it was rather suffixed with an adjectival ending meaning "inclined to". Compare with the adjectives fiken, riven, sticken.
Adjective edit
sniken (comparative sniknare, superlative sniknast)
Declension edit
Inflection of sniken | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sniken | sniknare | sniknast |
Neuter singular | sniket | sniknare | sniknast |
Plural | snikna | sniknare | sniknast |
Masculine plural3 | snikne | sniknare | sniknast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | snikne | sniknare | sniknaste |
All | snikna | sniknare | sniknaste |
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 |
References edit
- sniken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sniken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)