sniken
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish snīkin, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną. Related to snika and English sneak. Despite superficially having the form of a past participle, originally it was rather suffixed with an adjectival ending meaning "inclined to". Compare with the adjectives fiken, riven, sticken.
Declension
| Inflection of sniken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sniken | sniknare | sniknast |
| Neuter singular | sniket | sniknare | sniknast |
| Plural | snikna | sniknare | sniknast |
| Masculine plural3 | snikne | sniknare | sniknast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | snikne | sniknare | sniknaste |
| All | snikna | sniknare | sniknaste |
| 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 | |||
References
- sniken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sniken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sniken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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