antarktisk
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ant- (“anti-”) + arktisk
Adjective
antarktisk (neuter singular antarktisk, definite singular and plural antarktiske)
- Antarctic (relating to Antarctica and the south polar region)
Related terms
- Antarktika
- Antarktis
References
- “antarktisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From ant- (“anti-”) + arktisk
Adjective
antarktisk (neuter singular antarktisk, definite singular and plural antarktiske)
- Antarctic (as above)
Related terms
- Antarktika
- Antarktis
References
- “antarktisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin antarcticus (“southern, Antartic”), from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós, “southerly located”), from ἀντί (antí, “ant-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).
Adjective
antarktisk (not comparable)
- Antarctic (as above)
Declension
| Inflection of antarktisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | antarktisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | antarktiskt | — | — |
| Plural | antarktiska | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | antarktiske | — | — |
| All | antarktiska | — | — |
| 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
- Antarktiska oceanen
Related terms
- Antarktis
References
- antarktisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.