läskunnig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
läsa (“read”) + kunnig (“knowledgeable”)
Adjective edit
läskunnig (not comparable)
- able to read; literate
- Antonyms: icke läskunnig, analfabetisk
Usage notes edit
For complete literacy, a common phrase is läs- och skrivkunnig ("able to read and able to write").
Declension edit
| Inflection of läskunnig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | läskunnig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | läskunnigt | — | — |
| Plural | läskunniga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | läskunnige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | läskunnige | — | — |
| All | läskunniga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Related terms edit
- läskunnighet (“ability to read”)
See also edit
- analfabet (“an analphabet”)
- skrivkunnig (“able to write”)