hisklig
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hiskelig
Etymology
Used since at least 1648. The stem his- or hisk- is also found in the verb hisna + -lig
Adjective
hisklig (comparative hiskligare, superlative hiskligast)
- frightful
- Det senaste året har oljepriset visat en hisklig berg-och-dalbanefärd.
- In the last year, the oil price has shown a frightful roller coaster ride.
- Det senaste året har oljepriset visat en hisklig berg-och-dalbanefärd.
Usage notes
- Both SAOL and SAOB list hisklig as the main entry, with hiskelig as a colloquial version. On the web, hiskelig is twice as common.
Declension
| Inflection of hisklig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hisklig | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Neuter singular | hiskligt | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Plural | hiskliga | hiskligare | hiskligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hisklige | hiskligare | hiskligaste |
| All | hiskliga | hiskligare | hiskligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
- (frightful): hemsk, förskräcklig, förfärlig, gräslig, faslig, ryslig
Related terms
- hisklighet
References
- hisklig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- hisklig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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