somlig
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sumliker, somliker, probably from Middle Low German somelīk, somlīk, sumlīk. Cognate with Old High German sumalīh and Dutch sommige.
Determiner
somlig
- some
- somliga [människor] går i trasiga skor
- some [people] walk in worn-out shoes
- somligt regn faller på slätterna
- some rain falls in the plains
- somliga [människor] går i trasiga skor
Usage notes
- This determiner is mostly used in the plural.
Declension
| Inflection of somlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | somlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | somligt | — | — |
| Plural | somliga | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | somlige | — | — |
| All | somliga | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Related terms
- somligstädes (dated)
- somligstans (dated)
- somt (dated)
- somma (dated)
References
- somlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- somlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)