Borrowed fromGermanarglos. Equivalent to contemporaryerg(“bad, evil”) +-loos(“less”). First attested in the late 18th century.
argeloos (comparativeargelozer,superlativemeest argeloosorargeloost)
| Declension ofargeloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | argeloos | |||
| inflected | argeloze | |||
| comparative | argelozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | argeloos | argelozer | hetargeloost hetargelooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste |
| n. sing. | argeloos | argelozer | argelooste | |
| plural | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste | |
| definite | argeloze | argelozere | argelooste | |
| partitive | argeloos | argelozers | — | |