saklös
Swedish
Etymology
sak (“legal dispute”) + -lös (“-less”), from Old Swedish sakløs. Compare Danish sagesløs (“blameless”), Icelandic saklaus (“innocent”), English sackless.
Adjective
saklös (not comparable)
- (archaic, law) blameless, innocent, guiltless
Declension
| Inflection of saklös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | saklös | — | — |
| Neuter singular | saklöst | — | — |
| Plural | saklösa | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | saklöse | — | — |
| All | saklösa | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
- oskyldig
References
- saklös in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- saklös in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)