gråtmild
Swedish
Etymology
gråta (“cry; weep”) + mild (“inclined to”)
Adjective
gråtmild (comparative mer gråtmild, superlative mest gråtmild)
- maudlin
Declension
| Inflection of gråtmild | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | gråtmild | mer gråtmild | mest gråtmild |
| Neuter singular | gråtmilt | mer gråtmilt | mest gråtmilt |
| Plural | gråtmilda | mer gråtmilda | mest gråtmilda |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | gråtmilde | mer gråtmilde | mest gråtmilde |
| All | gråtmilda | mer gråtmilda | mest gråtmilda |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Derived terms
- gråtmildhet
References
- gråtmild in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gråtmild in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gråtmild in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)