Danish

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Etymology

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moder +‎ -lig

Adjective

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moderlig (neuter moderligt, plural and definite singular attributive moderlige)

  1. motherly, maternal

Swedish

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Etymology

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moder (mother) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective

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moderlig (comparative moderligare, superlative moderligast)

  1. motherly, maternal

Declension

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Inflection of moderlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular moderlig moderligare moderligast
Neuter singular moderligt moderligare moderligast
Plural moderliga moderligare moderligast
Masculine plural3 moderlige moderligare moderligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 moderlige moderligare moderligaste
All moderliga moderligare moderligaste
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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