svartsjuk
Swedish
Etymology
svart (“black”) + sjuk (“sick, ill”), a reference to bära svarta strumpor (“to be jealous”, literally “to wear black stockings”)
Pronunciation
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Adjective
svartsjuk (comparative svartsjukare, superlative svartsjukast)
Usage notes
Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve less attention being given towards oneself.
Declension
| Inflection of svartsjuk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | svartsjuk | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
| Neuter singular | svartsjukt | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
| Plural | svartsjuka | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
| Masculine plural3 | svartsjuke | svartsjukare | svartsjukast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | svartsjuke | svartsjukare | svartsjukaste |
| All | svartsjuka | svartsjukare | svartsjukaste |
| 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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See also
References
- svartsjuk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svartsjuk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svartsjuk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- svartsjuk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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