maläten
Swedish
editEtymology
editmal (“moth”) + äten (“eaten”)
Adjective
editmaläten (not comparable)
- moth-eaten (also figuratively of something old in poor condition)
- en gammal maläten björnfäll
- an old moth-eaten bearskin rug
Declension
edit| Inflection of maläten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | maläten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | malätet | — | — |
| Plural | malätna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | malätne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | malätne | — | — |
| All | malätna | — | — |
| 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 | |||