Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From appel +‎ -ig. Coined by Leen Valkenier for De Fabeltjeskrant.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.pə.ləx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧lig

Adverb edit

appelig

  1. (mostly used with verbs of feeling or perception) unwell, lackless, unfirm [from 1960s]

Adjective edit

appelig (not comparable)

  1. unwell, lackless, unfirm

Inflection edit

Inflection of appelig
uninflected appelig
inflected appelige
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial appelig
indefinite m./f. sing. appelige
n. sing. appelig
plural appelige
definite appelige
partitive appeligs