festlig

festlig

Danish

Etymology

From fest +‎ -lig.

Adjective

festlig (neuter festligt, plural and definite singular attributive festlige)

  1. festive
  2. funny, amusing
    Synonym: sjov

Inflection

Inflection of festlig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular festlig festligere festligst2
indefinite neuter singular festligt festligere festligst2
plural festlige festligere festligst2
definite attributive1 festlige festligere festligste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fest +‎ -lig.

Adjective

festlig (neuter singular festlig, definite singular and plural festlige, comparative festligere, indefinite superlative festligst, definite superlative festligste)

  1. festive
  2. amusing, comical, funny

See also

  • festleg (Nynorsk)

References

Swedish

Etymology

fest +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective

festlig (comparative festligare, superlative festligast)

  1. festive
  2. amusing, comical, funny

Declension

Inflection of festlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular festlig festligare festligast
neuter singular festligt festligare festligast
plural festliga festligare festligast
masculine plural2 festlige festligare festligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 festlige festligare festligaste
all festliga festligare festligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References