Swedish

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Etymology

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mil (10 kilometers (with identical singular and plural – plural here)) +‎ -s- +‎ vid (wide)

Adjective

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milsvid (not comparable)

  1. several tens of kilometers in extent (or "large," loosely)
    milsvida skogar
    forests that go on for miles and miles

Declension

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Inflection of milsvid
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular milsvid
Neuter singular milsvitt
Plural milsvida
Masculine plural3 milsvide
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 milsvide
All milsvida
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

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