dylik

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish þyliker, from Old Norse þvílíkr. See ty. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk dilik.

Adjective[edit]

dylik

  1. such (of that kind, like that)
    En dylik fisk har inte setts på hundra år
    A fish like that / Such a fish has not been seen in a hundred years
    Vi måste köpa sprit och dylikt till festen
    We need to buy booze and things like that for the party

Declension[edit]

Inflection of dylik
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dylik
Neuter singular dylikt
Plural dylika
Masculine plural3 dylike
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dylike
All dylika
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

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