skröplig

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish skröpelīker. Probably from dialectal skryp, suffixed with -lig. Compare Old Norse skrjúpr (“frail, weak”). Cognate of Danish skrøbelig, Norwegian Bokmål skrøpelig, Norwegian Nynorsk skrøpeleg. === Adjective === skröplig (comparative skröpligare, superlative skröpligast) frail, infirm, weak (usually of someone old) Synonym: skraltig ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skröplighet === References === “skröplig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skröplig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skröplig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) skröplig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) skröpeliker in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T