ljusskygg

Swedish

Etymology

From ljus +‎ skygg. First attested in 1769. Compare German lichtscheu.

Adjective

ljusskygg (comparative ljusskyggare, superlative ljusskyggast)

  1. (medicine) photophobic (abnormally afraid of or averse to light)
  2. (figurative) suspicious, dodgy, shady [from 1849]

Declension

Inflection of ljusskygg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ljusskygg ljusskyggare ljusskyggast
neuter singular ljusskyggt ljusskyggare ljusskyggast
plural ljusskygga ljusskyggare ljusskyggast
masculine plural2 ljusskygge ljusskyggare ljusskyggast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ljusskygge ljusskyggare ljusskyggaste
all ljusskygga ljusskyggare ljusskyggaste

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.

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References

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