hjälplig

Swedish

Etymology

hjälpa (help) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective

hjälplig (not comparable)

  1. somewhat acceptable (but not more than that), passable
    Hotellet hade hjälplig service
    The hotel had passable service

Declension

Inflection of hjälplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hjälplig
neuter singular hjälpligt
plural hjälpliga
masculine plural2 hjälplige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hjälplige
all hjälpliga

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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