elakartad

Swedish

Etymology

elak + -artad. Compare German bösartig.

Adjective

elakartad (comparative mer elakartad, superlative mest elakartad)

  1. maleficient, ill-natured, mischievous
  2. (oncology) malignant
    Synonyms: allvarlig, malign, svårartad
    Antonym: godartad
    en elakartad tumör
    a malignant tumor

Declension

Inflection of elakartad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular elakartad
Neuter singular elakartat
Plural elakartade
Masculine plural3 elakartade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 elakartade
All elakartade
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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