skenbar
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skinbar (“brilliant; shining”), from Middle Low German schīnbār. Cognate of German scheinbar. Superficially equivalent to sken + -bar.
Adjective
skenbar (comparative mer skenbar, superlative mest skenbar)
- illusory, apparent, ostensible
Declension
| Inflection of skenbar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skenbar | mer skenbar | mest skenbar |
| Neuter singular | skenbart | mer skenbart | mest skenbart |
| Plural | skenbara | mer skenbara | mest skenbara |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skenbare | mer skenbare | mest skenbare |
| All | skenbara | mer skenbara | mest skenbara |
| 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
- skenbarhet
- skenbarlig
References
- skenbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skenbar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skenbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skinbar in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T