svulten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sultin, swultin, swoltin.

Participle

svulten

  1. past participle of svälta

Adjective

svulten

  1. starved
    • 1898, Sven Hedin, En färd genom Asien:
      Hästarna sågo svultna ut och gnäggade otåligt efter bete.
      The horses seemed to be emaciated and neighed constantly for want of pasture.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. ravenous, very hungry

Declension

Inflection of svulten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svulten — —
neuter singular svultet — —
plural svultna — —
masculine plural2 svultne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svultne — —
all svultna — —

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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