psykisk
Danish
Etymology
From psyke + -isk or from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “related to life”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sykisk/, [ˈsyɡ̊isɡ̊]
Adjective
psykisk (plural and definite singular attributive psykiske)
- mental
- psychological
Inflection
| Inflection of psykisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | psykisk | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | psykisk | — | —2 |
| Plural | psykiske | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | psykiske | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Adverb
psykisk
- mentally
- psychologically
References
- “psykisk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós).
Adjective
psykisk (neuter singular psykisk, definite singular and plural psykiske)
- mental
- psychic
References
- “psykisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós).
Adjective
psykisk (neuter singular psykisk, definite singular and plural psykiske)
- mental
- psychic
References
- “psykisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós). By surface analysis, psyke + -isk.
Adjective
psykisk (comparative mer psykisk, superlative mest psykisk)
- mental
- Synonyms: mental, andlig, själslig
- Antonyms: kroppslig, fysisk, somatisk
Declension
| Inflection of psykisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | psykisk | mer psykisk | mest psykisk |
| Neuter singular | psykiskt | mer psykiskt | mest psykiskt |
| Plural | psykiska | mer psykiska | mest psykiska |
| Masculine plural3 | psykiske | mer psykiska | mest psykiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | psykiske | mer psykiske | mest psykiske |
| All | psykiska | mer psykiska | mest psykiska |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
- psykisk hälsa
References
- psykisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- psykisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- psykisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)