skamlig

Swedish

Etymology

skam (“shame”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Adjective

skamlig (comparative skamligare, superlative skamligast)

  1. shameful, disgraceful (giving reason to feel shame)
    en skamlig attack på min person
    a shameful attack on my person
    1. indecent
      Synonym: oanständig
      ge någon skamliga förslag
      proposition someone
      (literally, “give someone indecent [implied] suggestions”)

Declension

Inflection of skamlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skamlig skamligare skamligast
neuter singular skamligt skamligare skamligast
plural skamliga skamligare skamligast
masculine plural2 skamlige skamligare skamligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skamlige skamligare skamligaste
all skamliga skamligare skamligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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