tillfällig
Swedish
Etymology
Partly from Middle Low German tōvallich, tōvellich from tōval (“occasion, instance”) + -ich and partly from tillfälle + -ig. Cognate with Danish tilfældig, Norwegian tilfeldig, German zufällig and Dutch toevallig.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
tillfällig (comparative tillfälligare, superlative tillfälligast)
- temporary; valid for a brief period of time
Declension
| Inflection of tillfällig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tillfällig | tillfälligare | tillfälligast |
| Neuter singular | tillfälligt | tillfälligare | tillfälligast |
| Plural | tillfälliga | tillfälligare | tillfälligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tillfällige | tillfälligare | tillfälligaste |
| All | tillfälliga | tillfälligare | tillfälligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Related terms
- tillfälle
- tillfällighet
References
- tillfällig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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