fumlig

Swedish

Etymology

fumla (“fumble”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

fumlig (comparative fumligare, superlative fumligast)

1. fumbling, bungling (clumsy, especially with the hands)
2. maladroit, clumsy (more generally)

Declension

Inflection of fumlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	fumlig	fumligare	fumligast
Neuter singular	fumligt	fumligare	fumligast
Plural	fumliga	fumligare	fumligast
Masculine plural3	fumlige	fumligare	fumligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fumlige	fumligare	fumligaste
All	fumliga	fumligare	fumligaste
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

References

• fumlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fumlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)