tyken
Swedish
editEtymology
editEither from the verb tycka or from the root in the obsolete adjective otyk (“clumsy”).
Adjective
edittyken (comparative tyknare, superlative tyknast)
Declension
editInflection of tyken | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tyken | tyknare | tyknast |
Neuter singular | tyket | tyknare | tyknast |
Plural | tykna | tyknare | tyknast |
Masculine plural3 | tykne | tyknare | tyknast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tykne | tyknare | tyknaste |
All | tykna | tyknare | tyknaste |
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- tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tyken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tyken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)