lillgammal
Swedish
Etymology
lilla (“little”) + gammal (“old”)
Adjective
lillgammal (comparative mer lillgammal, superlative mest lillgammal)
- (of or related to a child) like someone older or an adult (often in an amusing idiosyncratic way), precocious
Declension
| Inflection of lillgammal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lillgammal | mer lillgammal | mest lillgammal |
| Neuter singular | lillgammalt | mer lillgammalt | mest lillgammalt |
| Plural | lillgamla | mer lillgamla | mest lillgamla |
| Masculine plural3 | lillgamle | mer lillgamla | mest lillgamla |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lillgamle | mer lillgamle | mest lillgamle |
| All | lillgamla | mer lillgamla | mest lillgamla |
| 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 | |||
See also
- brådmogen (“precocious”)
References
- lillgammal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lillgammal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lillgammal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)