medellös

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German mittellos. By surface analysis, medel (“economic means”) +‎ -lös.

Adjective

medellös (comparative mer medellös, superlative mest medellös)

  1. without means, penniless

Declension
Inflection of medellös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular medellös mer medellös mest medellös
Neuter singular medellöst mer medellöst mest medellöst
Plural medellösa mer medellösa mest medellösa
Masculine plural3 medellöse mer medellösa mest medellösa
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 medellöse mer medellöse mest medellöse
All medellösa mer medellösa mest medellösa
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

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