Swedish

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Etymology

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Originally past participle of now obsolete avtära. Cognate of Danish aftære, German abzehren.

Adjective

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avtärd (comparative mer avtärd, superlative mest avtärd)

  1. gaunt, haggard, emaciated

Declension

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Inflection of avtärd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular avtärd mer avtärd mest avtärd
Neuter singular avtärt mer avtärt mest avtärt
Plural avtärda mer avtärda mest avtärda
Masculine plural3 avtärde mer avtärda mest avtärda
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 avtärde mer avtärde mest avtärde
All avtärda mer avtärda mest avtärda
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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