flygg
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Low German flügg, flügge. Cognate of German flügge, Danish flyg. Compare Icelandic fleygur, Dutch vlug.
Adjective edit
flygg (comparative mer flygg, superlative mest flygg)
Declension edit
| Inflection of flygg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | flygg | mer flygg | mest flygg |
| Neuter singular | flyggt | mer flyggt | mest flyggt |
| Plural | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| Masculine plural3 | flygge | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | flygge | mer flygge | mest flygge |
| All | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| 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 | |||
Further reading edit
- flygg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- flygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)