barnlös

Swedish

Etymology

barn +‎ -lös

Adjective

barnlös

  1. childless, without children
    Seled dog barnlös.
    Seled died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:30)
    Och Peninna hade barn, men Hanna var barnlös.
    and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. (1 Sam. 1:2)

Declension

Inflection of barnlös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular barnlös — —
Neuter singular barnlöst — —
Plural barnlösa — —
Masculine plural3 barnlöse — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 barnlöse — —
All barnlösa — —
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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