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-artad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Originally the past participle of arta (to be of a certain kind), now only used as a suffix.

Suffix

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-artad

  1. having characteristics similar to the thing before, -like
    Synonyms: -aktig, -lik
    explosion (explosion) + ‎-artad → ‎explosionsartad (explosive)
    kaos (chaos) + ‎-artad → ‎kaosartad (chaotic)
    läder (leather) + ‎-artad → ‎läderartad (leathery)
    stor (big) + ‎-artad → ‎storartad (magnificent)

Declension

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Inflection of -artad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular -artad
neuter singular -artat
plural -artade
masculine plural2 -artade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 -artade
all -artade

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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References

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