beskedlig
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish beskedheliker, superficially equivalent to besked + -lig. Compare Dutch bescheidenlijk, German bescheiden.
Adjective
beskedlig (comparative beskedligare, superlative beskedligast)
- kind, good-natured, obliging
- moderate, modest, unassuming
- (transferred sense) tame, unexciting
- en beskedlig bil
- an unexciting car
Declension
| Inflection of beskedlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | beskedlig | beskedligare | beskedligast |
| Neuter singular | beskedligt | beskedligare | beskedligast |
| Plural | beskedliga | beskedligare | beskedligast |
| Masculine plural3 | beskedlige | beskedligare | beskedligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | beskedlige | beskedligare | beskedligaste |
| All | beskedliga | beskedligare | beskedligaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
- beskedlighet
References
- beskedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- beskedlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- beskedlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- beskedlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)