botbar

Swedish

Etymology

From bota (“to cure”) +‎ -bar (“-able”).

Adjective

botbar (not comparable)

1. curable (capable of being cured)

   Antonym: obotlig

   Depression är en botbar sjukdom.

   Depression is a curable disease.

Declension

Inflection of botbar

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	botbar	—	—
neuter singular	botbart	—	—
plural	botbara	—	—
masculine plural2	botbara	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	botbara	—	—
all	botbara	—	—

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.

References

• botbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• botbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)