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Definition 2025
somlig
somlig
Swedish
Pronoun
somlig
- some
- somliga [människor] går i trasiga skor
- some [people] walk in worn-out shoes
- somligt regn faller på slätterna
- some rain falls in the plains
- somliga [människor] går i trasiga skor
Declension
| Inflection of somlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | somlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | somligt | — | — |
| Plural | somliga | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | somlige | — | — |
| All | somliga | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Usage notes
- This pronoun (and adjective?) is mostly used in plural.
Related terms
- somligstädes
- somligstans
- somt
References
- Somlige in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
- somlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)