hjälplig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
hjälpa (“help”) + -lig (“-ly”)
Adjective edit
hjälplig (not comparable)
- somewhat acceptable (but not more than that), passable
- Hotellet hade hjälplig service
- The hotel had passable service
Declension edit
| Inflection of hjälplig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hjälplig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hjälpligt | — | — |
| Plural | hjälpliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hjälplige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hjälplige | — | — |
| All | hjälpliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also edit
- hjälpligt (adverb)