sedlig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sidhliker. By surface analysis, sed +‎ -lig. Cognate of Danish sædelig, German sittlich, Dutch zedelijk.

Adjective

sedlig (comparative sedligare, superlative sedligast)

  1. moral, ethical
    Antonyms: osedlig, sedeslös

Declension
Inflection of sedlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sedlig sedligare sedligast
Neuter singular sedligt sedligare sedligast
Plural sedliga sedligare sedligast
Masculine plural3 sedlige sedligare sedligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sedlige sedligare sedligaste
All sedliga sedligare sedligaste
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

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