flyktig

Swedish

Etymology

flykt (“flight, escape”) +‎ -ig (“-y”), used since 1911.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌflʏkˈtɪɡ/

Adjective

flyktig (comparative flyktigare, superlative flyktigast)

  1. volatile, elusive

Inflection
Inflection of flyktig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular flyktig flyktigare flyktigast
Neuter singular flyktigt flyktigare flyktigast
Plural flyktiga flyktigare flyktigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 flyktige flyktigare flyktigaste
All flyktiga flyktigare flyktigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms
  • flyktighet

References
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