Swedish edit

Etymology edit

fader (father) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective edit

faderlig (comparative faderligare, superlative faderligast)

  1. fatherly, paternal

Declension edit

Inflection of faderlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular faderlig faderligare faderligast
Neuter singular faderligt faderligare faderligast
Plural faderliga faderligare faderligast
Masculine plural3 faderlige faderligare faderligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 faderlige faderligare faderligaste
All faderliga faderligare faderligaste
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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