sammanligas

Sammanligas is a Swedish verb form described as a passive construction related to the verb sammanlika, which means to liken or to compare. The term signals that two or more subjects are being brought into likeness or evaluated by analogy. In contemporary usage, the standard passive infinitive is commonly written sammanlikas, while sammanligas appears mainly as a historical, stylistic, or dialectal variant.

Etymology and morphology: sammanlika combines sam- meaning “together” with likas, the passive form of likas, “to be like.” The result conveys a sense of making or being made similar. The form sammanligas is therefore understood as a passive form, though it is comparatively rare in modern standard Swedish and may be encountered more often in older texts or in specific literary styles.

Usage and examples: In scholarly writing, sammanligas may be used to describe processes of analogy or comparison. For example, two concepts can sammanligas to emphasize their similarities. In practice, writers often prefer sammanlikas or use noun forms such as sammanlikning or jämförelse to express the same idea more commonly.

See also: sammanlikning, jämförelse, analogi, likhet.

Notes: Because sammanligas is relatively uncommon in everyday Swedish, readers may encounter it primarily in historical documents, drafts, or stylistic passages. When clarity is preferred, the more common forms sammanlikas or jämförs may be used.