dylik

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þyliker, from Old Norse þvílíkr. See ty. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk dilik.

Adjective

dylik

  1. such (of that kind, like that)
    En dylik fisk har inte setts på hundra år
    A fish like that / Such a fish has not been seen in a hundred years
    Vi måste köpa sprit och dylikt till festen
    We need to buy booze and things like that for the party

Declension

Inflection of dylik
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dylik — —
neuter singular dylikt — —
plural dylika — —
masculine plural2 dylike — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dylike — —
all dylika — —

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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