spetälsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spetcelsker, spitcelsker.

Adjective

spetälsk (not comparable)

  1. leprous (suffering from leprosy)
    Han är spetälsk
    He's leprous / a leper
  2. (nominalized) a leper
    Vi såg en spetälsk
    We saw a leper

Declension

Inflection of spetälsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spetälsk
neuter singular spetälskt
plural spetälska
masculine plural2 spetälske
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spetälske
all spetälska

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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