lidelig
Danish
Etymology
lide (“to endure (archaic)”) + -lig, from Middle Low German lidelik.
Adjective
lidelig (neuter lideligt, plural and definite singular attributive lidelige)
- (archaic) tolerable, bearable (which one can tolerate or endure, is not too strict, or weighs too heavily)
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | lidelig | lideligere | lideligst2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | lideligt | lideligere | lideligst2 |
| plural | lidelige | lideligere | lideligst2 |
| definite attributive1 | lidelige | lideligere | lideligste |
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.