Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Compound of rov +‎ lysten.

Adjective edit

rovlysten (comparative mer rovlysten, superlative mest rovlysten)

  1. predatory, voracious
    Synonym: rovgirig

Declension edit

Inflection of rovlysten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular rovlysten
Neuter singular rovlystet
Plural rovlystna
Masculine plural3 rovlystne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 rovlystne
All rovlystna
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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