vårlig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish varliker. By surface analysis, vår +‎ -lig.

Adjective

vårlig (comparative vårligare, superlative vårligast)

1. vernal, springlike

Declension

Inflection of vårlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vårlig	vårligare	vårligast
Neuter singular	vårligt	vårligare	vårligast
Plural	vårliga	vårligare	vårligast
Masculine plural3	vårlige	vårligare	vårligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vårlige	vårligare	vårligaste
All	vårliga	vårligare	vårligaste
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

Synonyms

• vårig

Coordinate terms

• somrig
• höstig
• vintrig

References

• vårlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vårlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)