jämbördig
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish iæmbyrdhoger. By surface analysis, jämn + börd + -ig, meaning "of equal birth". Cognate with Old Norse jafnborinn, German ebenbürtig, Old English efnbyrde.
Adjective edit
jämbördig (comparative jämbördigare, superlative jämbördigast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of jämbördig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | jämbördig | jämbördigare | jämbördigast |
| Neuter singular | jämbördigt | jämbördigare | jämbördigast |
| Plural | jämbördiga | jämbördigare | jämbördigast |
| Masculine plural3 | jämbördige | jämbördigare | jämbördigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | jämbördige | jämbördigare | jämbördigaste |
| All | jämbördiga | jämbördigare | jämbördigaste |
| 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 | |||