spräcklig
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish spräklotter, from Old Norse spreklóttr. Cognate of Danish spraglet, Middle High German spreckeleht, English spreckled. Possibly from the same root as in English sprinkle.
Adjective
spräcklig (not comparable)
- speckled (with irregular spots or blotches (or stripes, etc.) of two or more colors)
Declension
| Inflection of spräcklig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spräcklig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | spräckligt | — | — |
| Plural | spräckliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | spräcklige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spräcklige | — | — |
| All | spräckliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also
References
- spräcklig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spräcklig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spräcklig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spräcklig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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