osalig

Swedish

Etymology

From o- (“un-”) +‎ salig (“blessed”). Attested since 1529. Compare Old English unsælig.

Adjective

osalig (comparative osaligare, superlative osaligast)

  1. (often nominalized) excluded from the kingdom of God, unblessed
  2. (idiomatic, in "som en osalig ande" (like an unblessed spirit)) restlessly, erratically (of movement)
    vandra runt som en osalig ande
    pace restlessly
  3. An intensifier; unholy (from jocular reversal of salig)
    en osalig röra
    an unholy mess

Declension
Inflection of osalig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular osalig osaligare osaligast
Neuter singular osaligt osaligare osaligast
Plural osaliga osaligare osaligast
Masculine plural3 osalige osaligare osaligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 osalige osaligare osaligaste
All osaliga osaligare osaligaste
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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