tillräckliga

Tillräckliga is a Swedish adjective in its plural form, meaning sufficient or adequate. It describes plural nouns when the quantity, quality, or standard meets a requirement. The base form is tillräcklig; the neuter singular form is tillräckligt, and the plural indefinite form is tillräckliga. In definite plural constructions, the form is de tillräckliga (for example, de tillräckliga resurserna). Like other Swedish adjectives, tillräcklig/tillräckliga inflects for number and definiteness.

Etymology and related forms: tillräcklig derives from tillräcka, meaning to suffice or be enough, with the common adjective suffix -lig. The related adverbial or neuter form is tillräckligt, used for predication or before neuter singular nouns. The opposite is otillräcklig, meaning insufficient or inadequate.

Usage and contexts: Tillräckliga is widely used in formal and everyday language to indicate adequacy. It can modify concrete or abstract nouns, for example: “tillräckliga resurser” (sufficient resources), “tillräckliga bevis” (sufficient evidence), or “tillräckliga skäl” (sufficient reasons). In policy or evaluation contexts, it signals that a standard or requirement has been met without asserting optimality. The corresponding neuter/adverbial form tillräckligt is used when describing a condition or quality of a singular neuter noun or when functioning as an adverb, as in “Resultatet var tillräckligt bra.”

See also: otillräcklig (insufficient) and tillräckligt (neuter singular/adverb).

Overall, tillräckliga is a common, neutral term for indicating adequacy in plural contexts within Swedish discourse.