lönlös
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to lön + -lös, from Old Swedish løna løs (“unsalaried”).
Adjective edit
lönlös (comparative mer lönlös, superlative mest lönlös)
- futile
- Synonyms: fruktlös, förgäves, gagnlös, meningslös, utsiktslös
Declension edit
| Inflection of lönlös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lönlös | mer lönlös | mest lönlös |
| Neuter singular | lönlöst | mer lönlöst | mest lönlöst |
| Plural | lönlösa | mer lönlösa | mest lönlösa |
| Masculine plural3 | lönlöse | mer lönlösa | mest lönlösa |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lönlöse | mer lönlöse | mest lönlöse |
| All | lönlösa | mer lönlösa | mest lönlösa |
| 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
References edit
- lönlös in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lönlös in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lönlös in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lön in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L