handgriplig

Swedish

Etymology

hand (hand) + gripa (grip) + -lig (-ly)

Adjective

handgriplig (not comparable)

  1. done with the hands, physical (often in a rough manner)
  2. (figuratively) palpable

Declension

Inflection of handgriplig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular handgriplig
Neuter singular handgripligt
Plural handgripliga
Masculine plural3 handgriplige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 handgriplige
All handgripliga
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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