-artad

Swedish

Etymology

Originally the past participle of arta (“to be of a certain kind”), now only used as a suffix.

Suffix

-artad

1. having characteristics similar to the thing before, -like

   Synonyms: -aktig, -lik

   ‎explosion (“explosion”) + ‎-artad → ‎explosionsartad (“explosive”)

   ‎kaos (“chaos”) + ‎-artad → ‎kaosartad (“chaotic”)

   ‎läder (“leather”) + ‎-artad → ‎läderartad (“leathery”)

   ‎stor (“big”) + ‎-artad → ‎storartad (“magnificent”)

Declension

Inflection of -artad
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	-artad	—	—
Neuter singular	-artat	—	—
Plural	-artade	—	—
Masculine plural3	-artade	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	-artade	—	—
All	-artade	—	—
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

Swedish terms suffixed with -artad

References

• -artad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• -artad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• -artad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)