Swedish

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Etymology

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From (few) +‎ tal (number) +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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fåtalig (comparative fåtaligare, superlative fåtaligast)

  1. consisting of few items or people
    en fåtalig gruppa small group

Declension

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Inflection of fåtalig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fåtalig fåtaligare fåtaligast
Neuter singular fåtaligt fåtaligare fåtaligast
Plural fåtaliga fåtaligare fåtaligast
Masculine plural3 fåtalige fåtaligare fåtaligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fåtalige fåtaligare fåtaligaste
All fåtaliga fåtaligare fåtaligaste
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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