folkilsken
Swedish
Alternative forms
- folkilsk
Etymology
From folk (“people”) + ilsken (“angry”).
Adjective
folkilsken (comparative folkilsknare, superlative folkilsknast)
- (of a (usually domestic) animal) prone to attacking, not good around people
- (of a human, by ironic extension) angry, not good around people
Declension
| Inflection of folkilsken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | folkilsken | folkilsknare | folkilsknast |
| Neuter singular | folkilsket | folkilsknare | folkilsknast |
| Plural | folkilskna | folkilsknare | folkilsknast |
| Masculine plural3 | folkilskne | folkilsknare | folkilsknast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | folkilskne | folkilsknare | folkilsknaste |
| All | folkilskna | folkilsknare | folkilsknaste |
| 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
- folkilsken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- folkilsken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- folkilsken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)