mjäkig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Adjective edit
mjäkig (comparative mjäkigare, superlative mjäkigast)
- soft and submissive, namby-pamby
Declension edit
Inflection of mjäkig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | mjäkig | mjäkigare | mjäkigast |
Neuter singular | mjäkigt | mjäkigare | mjäkigast |
Plural | mjäkiga | mjäkigare | mjäkigast |
Masculine plural3 | mjäkige | mjäkigare | mjäkigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | mjäkige | mjäkigare | mjäkigaste |
All | mjäkiga | mjäkigare | mjäkigaste |
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 edit
- mjäkig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mjäkig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mjäkig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mjäker in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)