milsvid

Swedish

Etymology

mil (“10 kilometers (with identical singular and plural – plural here)”) +‎ -s- +‎ vid (“wide”)

Adjective

milsvid (not comparable)

  1. several tens of kilometers in extent (or "large," loosely)
    milsvida skogar
    forests that go on for miles and miles

Declension

Inflection of milsvid
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular milsvid — —
neuter singular milsvitt — —
plural milsvida — —
masculine plural2 milsvide — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 milsvide — —
all milsvida — —

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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