feg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fēgher, from Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. The present meaning ("cowardly") is through German influence (compare German feige).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feg (comparative fegare, superlative fegast)

1. cowardly

Declension

Inflection of feg
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	feg	fegare	fegast
Neuter singular	fegt	fegare	fegast
Plural	fega	fegare	fegast
Masculine plural3	fege	fegare	fegast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fege	fegare	fegaste
All	fega	fegare	fegaste
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

Derived terms

• fegsnöre

Related terms

• feghet
• fegis

References

• feg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• feg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

feg (nominative plural fegs)

1. fencing

Declension

declension of feg

	singular	plural
nominative	feg	fegs
genitive	fega	fegas
dative	fege	feges
accusative	fegi	fegis
vocative 1	o feg!	o fegs!
predicative 2	fegu	fegus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• fegön