fåfäng
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile".
Adjective
Declension
| Inflection of fåfäng | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fåfäng | fåfängare | fåfängast |
| Neuter singular | fåfängt | fåfängare | fåfängast |
| Plural | fåfänga | fåfängare | fåfängast |
| Masculine plural3 | fåfänge | fåfängare | fåfängast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fåfänge | fåfängare | fåfängaste |
| All | fåfänga | fåfängare | fåfängaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
References
- fåfäng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fåfäng in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fåfäng in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- fåfäng in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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