Swedish edit

Etymology edit

fladdra +‎ -ig, literally "fluttery". First attested in 1561.

Adjective edit

fladdrig (comparative fladdrigare, superlative fladdrigast)

  1. floppy, flaccid
  2. (figurative) unfocused, scatterbrained

Declension edit

Inflection of fladdrig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fladdrig fladdrigare fladdrigast
Neuter singular fladdrigt fladdrigare fladdrigast
Plural fladdriga fladdrigare fladdrigast
Masculine plural3 fladdrige fladdrigare fladdrigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fladdrige fladdrigare fladdrigaste
All fladdriga fladdrigare fladdrigaste
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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