hektisk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”).

Adjective

hektisk (neuter singular hektisk, definite singular and plural hektiske)

  1. hectic, bustling, busy

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”).

Adjective

hektisk (indefinite singular hektisk, definite singular and plural hektiske)

  1. hectic, bustling, busy, feverish

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós), from the noun ἕξις (héxis, “state of mind, habit”).

Adjective

hektisk (comparative mer hektisk, superlative mest hektisk)

  1. hectic

Declension
Inflection of hektisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hektisk mer hektisk mest hektisk
Neuter singular hektiskt mer hektiskt mest hektiskt
Plural hektiska mer hektiska mest hektiska
Masculine plural3 hektiske mer hektiska mest hektiska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hektiske mer hektiske mest hektiske
All hektiska mer hektiska mest hektiska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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