moloken
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of two terms. The first is mod (“courage”), the second was originally the past participle of a verb related to either sloka (“slouch”) or lock (“lid”).
Adjective
moloken (not comparable)
- glum
Declension
Inflection of moloken | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | moloken | — | — |
Neuter singular | moloket | — | — |
Plural | molokna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | molokne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | molokne | — | — |
All | molokna | — | — |
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
- moloken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- moloken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- moloken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)