jämbördig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iæmbyrdhoger. By surface analysis, jämn +‎ börd +‎ -ig, meaning "of equal birth". Cognate with Old Norse jafnborinn, German ebenbürtig, Old English efnbyrde.

Adjective

jämbördig (comparative jämbördigare, superlative jämbördigast)

  1. equal

Declension

Inflection of jämbördig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular jämbördig jämbördigare jämbördigast
neuter singular jämbördigt jämbördigare jämbördigast
plural jämbördiga jämbördigare jämbördigast
masculine plural2 jämbördige jämbördigare jämbördigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 jämbördige jämbördigare jämbördigaste
all jämbördiga jämbördigare jämbördigaste

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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