åtskillig
See also: atskillig
Swedish
Etymology
åtskilja + -lig
Adjective
åtskillig (not comparable)
- (dated) different, separate, various, miscellaneous
- plenty, a lot, many, much
- hon berättade åtskilliga nyheter
- she told (me) plenty of news
- hon berättade åtskilligt
- she told (me) plenty
- hon berättade åtskilliga nyheter
Declension
Inflection of åtskillig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | åtskillig | — | — |
Neuter singular | åtskilligt | — | — |
Plural | åtskilliga | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | åtskillige | — | — |
All | åtskilliga | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |