knagglig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From knagg (cognate with English knag) + -lig (“-ly”), "knagly." Compare English knaggy.
Adjective edit
knagglig (comparative knaggligare, superlative knaggligast)
- uneven and bumpy, rough
- Isen var knagglig
- The ice was bumpy/rough
- en knagglig betongvägg
- a rough concrete wall
- (figuratively) not smooth; labored, (of language) broken
- tala knagglig engelska
- speak broken / not great ("bumpy") English
Declension edit
| Inflection of knagglig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | knagglig | knaggligare | knaggligast |
| Neuter singular | knaggligt | knaggligare | knaggligast |
| Plural | knaggliga | knaggligare | knaggligast |
| Masculine plural3 | knagglige | knaggligare | knaggligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | knagglige | knaggligare | knaggligaste |
| All | knaggliga | knaggligare | knaggligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||