styvmoderlig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
styvmoderlig
- unfair, disadvantageous, with less care and warmth than expected, like a stepmother
Declension edit
| Inflection of styvmoderlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | styvmoderlig | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
| Neuter singular | styvmoderligt | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
| Plural | styvmoderliga | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
| Masculine plural3 | styvmoderlige | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | styvmoderlige | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligaste |
| All | styvmoderliga | styvmoderligare | styvmoderligaste |
| 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 | |||