bokstavlig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
bokstavlig
- literal, true, veritable (not figurative, allegorical, or the like)
- Antonym: bildlig
- bokstavligt talat
- literally speaking
- literal (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
- Synonym: ordagrann
Declension edit
| Inflection of bokstavlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bokstavlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bokstavligt | — | — |
| Plural | bokstavliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | bokstavlige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bokstavlige | — | — |
| All | bokstavliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||