bedlegerig
Dutch
Etymology
From bedleger (“bedrest”) + -ig (“-y, -ish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɛdˈleːɣərəx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bed‧le‧ge‧rig
Adjective
bedlegerig (comparative bedlegeriger, superlative bedlegerigst)
- bedridden, confined to bed, usually on medical grounds
Inflection
| Inflection of bedlegerig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bedlegerig | |||
| inflected | bedlegerige | |||
| comparative | bedlegeriger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bedlegerig | bedlegeriger | het bedlegerigst het bedlegerigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bedlegerige | bedlegerigere | bedlegerigste |
| n. sing. | bedlegerig | bedlegeriger | bedlegerigste | |
| plural | bedlegerige | bedlegerigere | bedlegerigste | |
| definite | bedlegerige | bedlegerigere | bedlegerigste | |
| partitive | bedlegerigs | bedlegerigers | — | |
Derived terms
- bedlegerigheid
Related terms
- bedlegering