maläten

Swedish

Etymology

mal (“moth”) +‎ äten (“eaten”)

Adjective

maläten (not comparable)

  1. moth-eaten (also figuratively of something old in poor condition)
    en gammal maläten björnfäll
    an old moth-eaten bearskin rug

Declension

Inflection of maläten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular maläten — —
neuter singular malätet — —
plural malätna — —
masculine plural2 malätne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 malätne — —
all malätna — —

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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