psykisk

Danish

Etymology

From psyke +‎ -isk or from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, related to life).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sykisk/, [ˈsyɡ̊isɡ̊]

Adjective

psykisk (plural and definite singular attributive psykiske)

  1. mental
  2. psychological

Inflection

Inflection of psykisk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular psykisk 2
indefinite neuter singular psykisk 2
plural psykiske 2
definite attributive1 psykiske

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Adverb

psykisk

  1. mentally
  2. psychologically

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós).

Adjective

psykisk (neuter singular psykisk, definite singular and plural psykiske)

  1. mental
  2. psychic

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós).

Adjective

psykisk (neuter singular psykisk, definite singular and plural psykiske)

  1. mental
  2. psychic

References

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós). By surface analysis, psyke +‎ -isk.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

psykisk (comparative mer psykisk, superlative mest psykisk)

  1. mental
    Synonyms: mental, andlig, själslig
    Antonyms: kroppslig, fysisk, somatisk

Declension

Inflection of psykisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular psykisk mer psykisk mest psykisk
neuter singular psykiskt mer psykiskt mest psykiskt
plural psykiska mer psykiska mest psykiska
masculine plural2 psykiske mer psykiska mest psykiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 psykiske mer psykiske mest psykiske
all psykiska mer psykiska mest psykiska

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.

Derived terms

References