italisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italia +‎ -sk, compare Latin italicus.

Adjective

italisk (indefinite singular italisk, definite singular and plural italiske)

  1. Italian
    Synonyms: italiansk, italiensk
  2. Italic (pertaining to the branch of Indo-European languages spoken in ancient Italy)

References

  • “italisk”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin italicus, suffixed with -isk. Cognate of German italisch. Doublet of italiensk.

Adjective

italisk (not comparable)

  1. Italic (pertaining to the branch of Indo-European languages spoken in ancient Italy)

Declension

Inflection of italisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular italisk — —
neuter singular italiskt — —
plural italiska — —
masculine plural2 italiske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 italiske — —
all italiska — —

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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