skröplig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skröpelīker. Probably from dialectal skryp, suffixed with -lig. Compare Old Norse skrjúpr (“frail, weak”). Cognate of Danish skrøbelig, Norwegian Bokmål skrøpelig.

Adjective

skröplig (comparative skröpligare, superlative skröpligast)

1. frail, infirm, weak (usually of someone old)

   Synonym: skraltig

Declension

Inflection of skröplig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skröplig	skröpligare	skröpligast
Neuter singular	skröpligt	skröpligare	skröpligast
Plural	skröpliga	skröpligare	skröpligast
Masculine plural3	skröplige	skröpligare	skröpligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skröplige	skröpligare	skröpligaste
All	skröpliga	skröpligare	skröpligaste
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

Derived terms

• skröplighet

References

• skröplig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skröplig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skröplig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skröplig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• skröpeliker in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T