bestialisk

Swedish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from German bestialisch, from Latin bestiālis. Cognate of Danish bestialsk.

Adjective

bestialisk (comparative mer bestialisk, superlative mest bestialisk)

  1. bestial
    ett bestialiskt mord (common collocation)
    a bestial/brutal/vicious murder

Declension

Inflection of bestialisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bestialisk mer bestialisk mest bestialisk
neuter singular bestialiskt mer bestialiskt mest bestialiskt
plural bestialiska mer bestialiska mest bestialiska
masculine plural2 bestialiske mer bestialiska mest bestialiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bestialiske mer bestialiske mest bestialiske
all bestialiska mer bestialiska mest bestialiska

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.

References

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