Swedish

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Etymology

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syl (awl) +‎ vass (sharp)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sylvass (comparative sylvassare, superlative sylvassast)

  1. (simile) sharp as an awl

Declension

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Inflection of sylvass
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sylvass sylvassare sylvassast
Neuter singular sylvasst sylvassare sylvassast
Plural sylvassa sylvassare sylvassast
Masculine plural3 sylvasse sylvassare sylvassast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sylvasse sylvassare sylvassaste
All sylvassa sylvassare sylvassaste
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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