Swedish

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Etymology

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Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fjollete.

Adjective

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fjollig (comparative fjolligare, superlative fjolligast)

  1. (often derogatory, of a man or boy) effeminate
    Synonym: (without inherent connotations) feminin
  2. (derogatory, usually of a man or boy) cowardly or weak, regardless of other personal characteristics (through implications of unmasculinity)
  3. (archaic, usually of a young woman) ditzy (silly or scatterbrained)

Declension

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Inflection of fjollig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fjollig fjolligare fjolligast
Neuter singular fjolligt fjolligare fjolligast
Plural fjolliga fjolligare fjolligast
Masculine plural3 fjollige fjolligare fjolligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fjollige fjolligare fjolligaste
All fjolliga fjolligare fjolligaste
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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References

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