Swedish

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Etymology

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slafs +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective

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slafsig (comparative slafsigare, superlative slafsigast)

  1. done in a sloppy and messy way (that makes unpleasant wet noises), often about eating
    Han äter slafsigt
    He eats messily
    En bra idé men ett slafsigt genomförande
    A good idea but a sloppy implementation
  2. (of food) (disagreeable and) sloppy (composed of slop)
  3. (of a person, clothes, etc.) sloppy, unkempt, shabby

Declension

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Inflection of slafsig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular slafsig slafsigare slafsigast
Neuter singular slafsigt slafsigare slafsigast
Plural slafsiga slafsigare slafsigast
Masculine plural3 slafsige slafsigare slafsigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 slafsige slafsigare slafsigaste
All slafsiga slafsigare slafsigaste
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
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