Swedish edit

Etymology edit

straffrätt +‎ -s- +‎ -lig

Adjective edit

straffrättslig (comparative mer straffrättslig, superlative mest straffrättslig)

  1. penal, criminal (relating to criminal law)

Usage notes edit

Used as an adjective for the law, per se. When describing an act or person, terms like brottslig or kriminell are used instead.

Declension edit

Inflection of straffrättslig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular straffrättslig mer straffrättslig mest straffrättslig
Neuter singular straffrättsligt mer straffrättsligt mest straffrättsligt
Plural straffrättsliga mer straffrättsliga mest straffrättsliga
Masculine plural3 straffrättslige mer straffrättsliga mest straffrättsliga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 straffrättslige mer straffrättslige mest straffrättslige
All straffrättsliga mer straffrättsliga mest straffrättsliga
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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