flyhänt
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from flyta (“flow”) + -hänt (“-handed”).
Adjective edit
flyhänt (comparative flyhäntare, superlative flyhäntast)
- quick (and deft, with the hands, or more generally); nimble, dexterous, fast-handed
- (of writing and the like) elegant, flowing
- (of writing and the like, sometimes) light-hearted, shallow
Declension edit
| Inflection of flyhänt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | flyhänt | flyhäntare | flyhäntast |
| Neuter singular | flyhänt | flyhäntare | flyhäntast |
| Plural | flyhänta | flyhäntare | flyhäntast |
| Masculine plural3 | flyhänte | flyhäntare | flyhäntast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | flyhänte | flyhäntare | flyhäntaste |
| All | flyhänta | flyhäntare | flyhäntaste |
| 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 | |||