osalig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From o- (“un-”) + salig (“blessed”). Attested since 1529. Compare Old English unsælig.
Adjective[edit]
osalig (comparative osaligare, superlative osaligast)
- (often nominalized) excluded from the kingdom of God, unblessed
- (idiomatic, in "som en osalig ande" (like an unblessed spirit)) restlessly, erratically (of movement)
- vandra runt som en osalig ande
- pace restlessly
- An intensifier; unholy (from jocular reversal of salig)
- en osalig röra
- an unholy mess
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of osalig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | osalig | osaligare | osaligast |
| Neuter singular | osaligt | osaligare | osaligast |
| Plural | osaliga | osaligare | osaligast |
| Masculine plural3 | osalige | osaligare | osaligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | osalige | osaligare | osaligaste |
| All | osaliga | osaligare | osaligaste |
| 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 | |||