yrvaken
Swedish
Etymology
Disputed. By surface analysis, yr + vaken. Arguably the first part of the compound is more closely related to ur (“out of”). Compare Norwegian ørvaken (“sleep deprived”), Middle High German urweche (“sleepless”).
Declension
| Inflection of yrvaken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | yrvaken | — | — |
| Neuter singular | yrvaket | — | — |
| Plural | yrvakna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | yrvakne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | yrvakne | — | — |
| All | yrvakna | — | — |
| 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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