regulära

Regulära is the plural form of the Swedish adjective regulär, meaning regular, standard, or governed by a rule. It is used to describe things that follow a predictable pattern or set of rules and is common across many fields, including language, mathematics, and science.

In linguistic descriptions, regulära forms refer to elements that follow standard, predictable patterns. The term is often applied to verbs that conjugate in a regular way, with consistent endings in various tenses, as well as to plural forms of adjectives or nouns that are formed regularly. For example, regulära verbs form their past and supine endings in a standard manner, and the plural indefinite form of the adjective uses regulära when describing plural nouns, as in regulära mönster or regulära polygoner.

In mathematics and geometry, regulära highlights objects with uniform, symmetric properties. A regulär polygon has equal-length sides and equal interior angles, producing a highly symmetric shape. The concept also appears in discussions of regularly arranged structures in design, crystallography, and information theory, where patterns or grids follow systematic rules.

Historically, regulära derives from Latin regularis, through French régulier, and entered Swedish as regulär, with regulära as the plural form used for multiple items. The term reflects a broader grammatical and scientific tradition of distinguishing regular (predictable) forms from irregular ones.

See also: irregular verbs, regular polygons.