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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin galīlaeus, from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos).

Adjective

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galileisk (comparative mer galileisk, superlative mest galileisk)

  1. Galilean (pertaining to the Galilee region in the Middle East)
  2. Galilean (pertaining to the scientist Galileo Galilei)

Declension

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Inflection of galileisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular galileisk mer galileisk mest galileisk
Neuter singular galileiskt mer galileiskt mest galileiskt
Plural galileiska mer galileiska mest galileiska
Masculine plural3 galileiske mer galileiska mest galileiska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 galileiske mer galileiske mest galileiske
All galileiska mer galileiska mest galileiska
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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