elak

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish elaker, from e- (“always”) + *laker (from Old Norse lakr, cognate with English lack).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːˌlɑːk/, /ˈeːˌlak/
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Adjective

elak

  1. mean, cruel, malicious

Inflection
Inflection of elak
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular elak elakare elakast
Neuter singular elakt elakare elakast
Plural elaka elakare elakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 elake elakare elakaste
All elaka elakare elakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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