Swedish

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Etymology

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o- (un-)antasta (touch)-lig (-able)

Adjective

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oantastlig (comparative mer oantastlig, superlative mest oantastlig)

  1. untouchable (that shouldn't be criticized)
    Folkkära artister är inte oantastliga
    Well-beloved artists are not beyond criticism
  2. impeccable (that can't be criticized)
    Han var oantastligt klädd
    His dress was impeccable

Declension

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Inflection of oantastlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oantastlig mer oantastlig mest oantastlig
neuter singular oantastligt mer oantastligt mest oantastligt
plural oantastliga mer oantastliga mest oantastliga
masculine plural2 oantastlige mer oantastliga mest oantastliga
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oantastlige mer oantastlige mest oantastlige
all oantastliga mer oantastliga mest oantastliga

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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