sällsynt
Swedish
Etymology
From the neuter form of Old Swedish sälsyn, siäldsyn, siälsyn, siälffsyn.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
sällsynt (comparative mer sällsynt, superlative mest sällsynt)
- scarce, rare, uncommon
Usage notes
- The comparative may be expressed by ordinary comparation, sällsyntare, but the superlative is rarely seen in this form, and if so, mainly as predicative.
Declension
| Inflection of sällsynt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sällsynt | mer sällsynt | mest sällsynt |
| Neuter singular | sällsynt | mer sällsynt | mest sällsynt |
| Plural | sällsynta | mer sällsynta | mest sällsynta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sällsynte | mer sällsynte | mest sällsynte |
| All | sällsynta | mer sällsynta | mest sällsynta |
| 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
- ovanlig