lömsk
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish liomsker, lömsker. Compare Icelandic lúmskur, lymskur. More distantly related to Icelandic lauma.
Adjective
editlömsk
- sneaky, devious ((marked by) secretly harboring ill intentions)
- insidious (appearing (somewhat) harmless but having hidden bad effects, of a disease or poisonous mushroom or the like)
Declension
edit| Inflection of lömsk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lömsk | lömskare | lömskast |
| Neuter singular | lömskt | lömskare | lömskast |
| Plural | lömska | lömskare | lömskast |
| Masculine plural3 | lömske | lömskare | lömskast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lömske | lömskare | lömskaste |
| All | lömska | lömskare | lömskaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
editReferences
edit- lömsk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lömsk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lömsk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lömsk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)