medellös

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German mittellos. By surface analysis, medel (“economic means”) +‎ -lös.

Adjective

medellös (comparative mer medellös, superlative mest medellös)

  1. without means, penniless

Declension

Inflection of medellös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular medellös mer medellös mest medellös
neuter singular medellöst mer medellöst mest medellöst
plural medellösa mer medellösa mest medellösa
masculine plural2 medellöse mer medellösa mest medellösa
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 medellöse mer medellöse mest medellöse
all medellösa mer medellösa mest medellösa

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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