sniken
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish snīkin, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną. Related to snika and English sneak. Despite superficially having the form of a past participle, originally it was rather suffixed with an adjectival ending meaning "inclined to". Compare with the adjectives fiken, riven, sticken.
Adjective
editsniken (comparative sniknare, superlative sniknast)
Declension
editInflection of sniken | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sniken | sniknare | sniknast |
Neuter singular | sniket | sniknare | sniknast |
Plural | snikna | sniknare | sniknast |
Masculine plural3 | snikne | sniknare | sniknast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | snikne | sniknare | sniknaste |
All | snikna | sniknare | sniknaste |
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 |
References
edit- sniken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sniken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)