höggravid

See also: høggravid

Swedish

Etymology

hög- (“highly”) +‎ gravid (“pregnant”). Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk høggravid, Danish højgravid and Norwegian Bokmål høygravid.

Adjective

höggravid (not comparable)

  1. heavily pregnant
    vara höggravid med sitt andra barn
    be heavily pregnant with one's second child

Usage notes

Neuter ("höggravitt" or the like) is avoided.

Declension

Inflection of höggravid
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular höggravid — —
neuter singular höggravitt — —
plural höggravida — —
masculine plural2 höggravide — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 höggravide — —
all höggravida — —

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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