rälig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish räþelīker, from Old Norse hræðiligr. Cognate to Danish ræddelig and Icelandic hræðilegur.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rälig (comparative räligare, superlative räligast)
- (Southern) nasty, scary, ugly, disgusting
- 2008 May 21, Marika Anjou, “Lättuggat – men ingen rälig gegga [Easy to chew - but no nasty mush]”, in Sydsvenskan[1], Malmö, Sweden:
- Han har sett lättuggad mat serveras, som varit allt annat än rolig. – Det enda som gällde var puré som man mixade till en rälig gegga.
- He has seen easily chewed food, which has been anything but fun. – The only thing on the menu was a purée that you mixed into a nasty mush.
- 2010 February 25, Therese Thomasson, “Korsning vid Särslöv farlig [Junction by Särslöv dangerous]”, in Sydsvenskan[2], Malmö, Sweden:
- Det är en rälig korsning. Speciellt om man kommer från Staffanstorpshållet, då ser man inte korsningen förrän man är mitt i den[…]
- It is a scary junction. Especially if you’re coming from Staffanstorp, in which case you don’t see the junction until you’re in the middle of it[…]
- 2011 October 5, Martin Andersson, “Små barn på historisk mark [Small children on historical ground]”, in Sydsvenskan[3], Malmö, Sweden:
- Mord, avrättningar, krig, häxor, pest, råttor och smuts. Det medeltida Malmö var en rälig plats.
- Murder, executions, war, witches, plague, rats and dirt. Medieval Malmö was a nasty place.
Declension edit
| Inflection of rälig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rälig | räligare | räligast |
| Neuter singular | räligt | räligare | räligast |
| Plural | räliga | räligare | räligast |
| Masculine plural3 | rälige | räligare | räligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rälige | räligare | räligaste |
| All | räliga | räligare | räligaste |
| 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
- Rälig. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 17 October 2013.
- rälig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)