medfaren

Swedish

Etymology

Originally the past participle of now archaic medfara (“handle; care for”).

Adjective

medfaren (not comparable)

1. damaged, worn out

   illa medfaren

   badly damaged

Declension

Inflection of medfaren

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	medfaren	—	—
neuter singular	medfaret	—	—
plural	medfarna	—	—
masculine plural2	medfarne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	medfarne	—	—
all	medfarna	—	—

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.

Synonyms

• sliten

References

• medfaren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• medfaren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• medfaren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)