Swedish

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Etymology

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From fler +‎ -stavig.

Adjective

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flerstavig (comparative mer flerstavig, superlative mest flerstavig)

  1. polysyllabic
    Antonym: enstavig

Declension

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Inflection of flerstavig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular flerstavig mer flerstavig mest flerstavig
Neuter singular flerstavigt mer flerstavigt mest flerstavigt
Plural flerstaviga mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga
Masculine plural3 flerstavige mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 flerstavige mer flerstavige mest flerstavige
All flerstaviga mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga
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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