åtskillig

See also: atskillig

Swedish

Etymology

åtskilja + -lig

Adjective

åtskillig (not comparable)

  1. (dated) different, separate, various, miscellaneous
  2. plenty, a lot, many, much
    hon berättade åtskilliga nyheter
    she told (me) plenty of news
    hon berättade åtskilligt
    she told (me) plenty

Declension

Inflection of åtskillig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular åtskillig
Neuter singular åtskilligt
Plural åtskilliga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 åtskillige
All åtskilliga
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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