-artad
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally the past participle of arta (“to be of a certain kind”), now only used as a suffix.
Suffix
[edit]-artad
- having characteristics similar to the thing before, -like
- Synonyms: -aktig, -lik
- explosion (“explosion”) + -artad → explosionsartad (“explosive”)
- kaos (“chaos”) + -artad → kaosartad (“chaotic”)
- läder (“leather”) + -artad → läderartad (“leathery”)
- stor (“big”) + -artad → storartad (“magnificent”)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of -artad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | -artad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | -artat | — | — |
| Plural | -artade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | -artade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | -artade | — | — |
| All | -artade | — | — |
| 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 | |||