åtskillig

See also: atskillig

Swedish

Etymology

åtskilja +‎ -lig

Adjective

åtskillig (not comparable)

  1. (dated) different, separate, various, miscellaneous
  2. plenty, a lot, many, much
    hon berättade åtskilliga nyheter
    she told (me) plenty of news
    hon berättade åtskilligt
    she told (me) plenty

Declension
Inflection of åtskillig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular åtskillig — —
Neuter singular åtskilligt — —
Plural åtskilliga — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 åtskillige — —
All åtskilliga — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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