svartsjuk
Swedish
editEtymology
editCompound of svart (“black”) + sjuk (“sick, ill”), a reference to bära svarta strumpor (“to be jealous”, literally “to wear black stockings”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editsvartsjuk (comparative svartsjukare, superlative svartsjukast)
Usage notes
editUsually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve feeling that one is getting less attention than desired from the other person.
Declension
editInflection of svartsjuk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | svartsjuk | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
Neuter singular | svartsjukt | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
Plural | svartsjuka | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
Masculine plural3 | svartsjuke | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | svartsjuke | svartsjukare | svartsjukaste |
All | svartsjuka | svartsjukare | svartsjukaste |
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 |
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- svartsjuk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svartsjuk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svartsjuk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- svartsjuk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)