særlig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish særlik, from Old Norse sérligr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæɐ̯li/

Adjective

særlig (neuter særligt, plural and definite singular attributive særlige)

  1. special; particular

Inflection

Inflection of særlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular særlig — —2
indefinite neuter singular særligt — —2
plural særlige — —2
definite attributive1 særlige — —

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sérligr. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk særleg and Danish særlig. Related to Swedish särskilt. The Swedish and Danish word is never used as an interjection.

Adjective

særlig (neuter singular særlig, definite singular and plural særlige)

  1. special, particular

Adverb

særlig

  1. especially

Interjection

særlig

  1. yeah right!, duh!

See also

References

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