lingul

Swedish

Etymology

lin (“flax”) +‎ gul (“yellow”)

Adjective

lingul (not comparable)

  1. flaxen (pale yellow brown)
  2. (nominalized as "lingult") the corresponding color

Declension

Inflection of lingul
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lingul — —
neuter singular lingult — —
plural lingula — —
masculine plural2 lingule — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lingule — —
all lingula — —

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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