barnlös

Swedish

Etymology

barn +‎ -lös

Adjective

barnlös

  1. childless, without children
    Seled dog barnlös.
    Seled died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:30)
    Och Peninna hade barn, men Hanna var barnlös.
    and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. (1 Sam. 1:2)

Declension

Inflection of barnlös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular barnlös — —
neuter singular barnlöst — —
plural barnlösa — —
masculine plural2 barnlöse — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 barnlöse — —
all barnlösa — —

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.

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