lovlig

Danish

Etymology

Compound of lov (“law”) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɒwli]

Adjective

lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

Antonyms

References

Adverb

lovlig

  1. a little too

Usage notes

Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫgligr.

Adjective

lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also
  • lovleg (Nynorsk)

References

Swedish

Etymology

lov (“permission”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Adjective

lovlig (not comparable)

  1. lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)
    lovligt byte
    fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)
  2. (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed
    vara mer än lovligt slarvlig
    be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy

Declension
Inflection of lovlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lovlig — —
Neuter singular lovligt — —
Plural lovliga — —
Masculine plural3 lovlige — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lovlige — —
All lovliga — —
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

References
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