særlig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish særlik, from Old Norse sérligr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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særlig (neuter særligt, plural and definite singular attributive særlige)

  1. special; particular

Inflection

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Inflection of særlig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular særlig 2
Indefinite neuter singular særligt 2
Plural særlige 2
Definite attributive1 særlige
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.

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sérligr. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk særleg and Danish særlig. Related to Swedish särskilt. The Swedish and Danish word is never used as an interjection.

Adjective

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særlig (neuter singular særlig, definite singular and plural særlige)

  1. special, particular

Adverb

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særlig

  1. especially

Interjection

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særlig

  1. yeah right!, duh!

See also

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