Adjective: sjucker
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
sjuckre
All Other Forms
sjuckra
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | sjuckrare |
| Definite | sjuckrare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | sjuckrast |
| Definite | sjuckraste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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Man skulle väl tona en sjucker ballad / om våran stad (If one should write a pretty ballad / about our city.) [1947, Ruben Nilson, “Balladen om Eken”:]
Adjectives inflected like sjucker
träffsäker,
sjucker,
smäcker,
tonsäker,
ödesdiger,
självsäker,
jordbävningssäker,
onykter,
diger,
amper,
fager,
mager,
säker,
påver,
sober,
yster,
tvålfager,
halksäker,
terrester,
makaber, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Tavringer Romani sjucker, sjycker (“beautiful, pretty”), from Romani śukar (“beautiful, amiable, pleasant”). Related to Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, “light, white, pure”).
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