Swedish edit

Etymology edit

glåma +‎ -ig, from an obsolete verb meaning "stare". Compare origin of glo. Cognate of English gloomy.

Adjective edit

glåmig (comparative glåmigare, superlative glåmigast)

  1. washed out, sallow, sickly pale

Declension edit

Inflection of glåmig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular glåmig glåmigare glåmigast
Neuter singular glåmigt glåmigare glåmigast
Plural glåmiga glåmigare glåmigast
Masculine plural3 glåmige glåmigare glåmigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 glåmige glåmigare glåmigaste
All glåmiga glåmigare glåmigaste
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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