ryggradslös
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ryggrad (“spine”) + -s- + lös (“-less”)
Adjective[edit]
ryggradslös (not comparable)
- invertebrate (having no spine)
- ryggradslösa djur
- invertebrates ("spineless animals")
- (figuratively) spineless (having or showing weak character)
- De böjer sig för varenda krav. De är ryggradslösa.
- They bend to every demand. They are spineless.
- ryggradslöst uppförande
- spineless behavior
- ryggradslösa kräk
- spineless bastards
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of ryggradslös | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | ryggradslös | — | — |
| Neuter singular | ryggradslöst | — | — |
| Plural | ryggradslösa | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | ryggradslöse | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ryggradslöse | — | — |
| All | ryggradslösa | — | — |
| 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 | |||