hjärtlig
Swedish
Etymology
From hjärta + -lig. Compare similar constructions with Danish hjertelig, Norwegian Bokmål hjertelig, Norwegian Nynorsk hjarteleg, German herzlich, Dutch hartelijk and English heartly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²jæʈlɪ(ɡ)/
Declension
| Inflection of hjärtlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hjärtlig | hjärtligare | hjärtligast |
| Neuter singular | hjärtligt | hjärtligare | hjärtligast |
| Plural | hjärtliga | hjärtligare | hjärtligast |
| Masculine plural3 | hjärtlige | hjärtligare | hjärtligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hjärtlige | hjärtligare | hjärtligaste |
| All | hjärtliga | hjärtligare | hjärtligaste |
| 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 | |||
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