fattig
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fátœkr, from fár (“few”) + tœkr (“taking”). Cognate with Norwegian fattig, Swedish fattig, and Icelandic fátækur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fattig
- poor (with no possessions or money)
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of fattig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | fattig | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | fattigt | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Plural | fattige | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | fattige | fattigere | fattigste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (dated) arm
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fattig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigere, indefinite superlative fattigst, definite superlative fattigste)
- poor (with no possessions or money)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fattig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigare, indefinite superlative fattigast, definite superlative fattigaste)
- poor (as above)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fattig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fátœkr. Cognate with Icelandic fátækur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fattig (comparative fattigare, superlative fattigast)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of fattig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fattig | fattigare | fattigast |
| Neuter singular | fattigt | fattigare | fattigast |
| Plural | fattiga | fattigare | fattigast |
| Masculine plural3 | fattige | fattigare | fattigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fattige | fattigare | fattigaste |
| All | fattiga | fattigare | fattigaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- andefattig
- artfattig
- blodfattig
- chansfattig
- energifattig
- fattigbössa
- fattigdom
- fattighus
- fattigvård
- händelsefattig
- idéfattig
- kalkfattig
- kalorifattig
- kvävefattig
- lusfattig
- målfattig
- nederbördsfattig
- nyfattig
- nyhetsfattig
- näringsfattig
- ordfattig
- proteinfattig
- regnfattig
- skogfattig
- snöfattig
- solfattig
- syrefattig
- tempofattig
- trädfattig
- urfattig
- utfattig
References
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