osynlig
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish osynliker or o- (“un-”) + synlig (“visible”)
Adjective
osynlig (comparative osynligare, superlative osynligast)
- invisible, unseen
- 2005 December 15, “Miljoner barn i nöd osynliga [Millions of needy children invisible]”, in Swedish Wikinews:
- I sin årsrapport meddelar Unicef att miljoner barn som är utsatta för svår diskriminering och utnyttjas, är osynliga i statistiken.
- In its annual report, UNICEF informs that millions of children who are subject to severe discrimination and abuse, are invisible in the statistics.
Declension
| Inflection of osynlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | osynlig | osynligare | osynligast |
| Neuter singular | osynligt | osynligare | osynligast |
| Plural | osynliga | osynligare | osynligast |
| Masculine plural3 | osynlige | osynligare | osynligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | osynlige | osynligare | osynligaste |
| All | osynliga | osynligare | osynligaste |
| 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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