polemisk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin polemicus, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós), from Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos). Attested since 1773. Compare French polémique, German polemisch.
Adjective edit
polemisk (comparative mer polemisk, superlative mest polemisk)
Declension edit
| Inflection of polemisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | polemisk | mer polemisk | mest polemisk |
| Neuter singular | polemiskt | mer polemiskt | mest polemiskt |
| Plural | polemiska | mer polemiska | mest polemiska |
| Masculine plural3 | polemiske | mer polemiska | mest polemiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | polemiske | mer polemiske | mest polemiske |
| All | polemiska | mer polemiska | mest polemiska |
| 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 | |||