jämmerlig

Swedish

Etymology

jämmer +‎ -lig. Cognate of Danish jammerlig, Old High German jāmarlīh, Middle High German jāmerlīch, jæmerlīch, German jämmerlich.

Adjective

jämmerlig (comparative jämmerligare, superlative jämmerligast)

  1. pitiful, pathetic

Declension
Inflection of jämmerlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular jämmerlig jämmerligare jämmerligast
Neuter singular jämmerligt jämmerligare jämmerligast
Plural jämmerliga jämmerligare jämmerligast
Masculine plural3 jämmerlige jämmerligare jämmerligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 jämmerlige jämmerligare jämmerligaste
All jämmerliga jämmerligare jämmerligaste
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

References
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