synnerlig
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish sunderliker, from Middle Low German sünderlīk. Cognate of Danish synderlig, German sonderlich, English sunderly.
Adjective
synnerlig (comparative synnerligare, superlative synnerligast)
- (formal) particular, marked, pronounced
- (law) exceptional
Declension
| Inflection of synnerlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | synnerlig | synnerligare | synnerligast |
| Neuter singular | synnerligt | synnerligare | synnerligast |
| Plural | synnerliga | synnerligare | synnerligast |
| Masculine plural3 | synnerlige | synnerligare | synnerligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | synnerlige | synnerligare | synnerligaste |
| All | synnerliga | synnerligare | synnerligaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
- besynnerlig
- synnerligen
- synnerhet
References
- synnerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- synnerlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- synnerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- synnerlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)