tålig

See also: talig

Swedish

Etymology

tåla ((with)stand) + -lig

Adjective

tålig (comparative tåligare, superlative tåligast)

  1. hardy, resistant (able to withstand (significant) stresses without taking damage or complaining or the like, of a person, animal, or thing)
    1. durable, rugged, etc. (when sounding better as a translation)
  2. (now uncommon) patient
    Synonym: tålmodig

Declension

Inflection of tålig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tålig tåligare tåligast
Neuter singular tåligt tåligare tåligast
Plural tåliga tåligare tåligast
Masculine plural3 tålige tåligare tåligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tålige tåligare tåligaste
All tåliga tåligare tåligaste
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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