foglig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish føgheliker (“fitting”). By surface analysis, foga (“comply; conform”) +‎ -lig. Compare Danish føjelig and German füglich.

Adjective

foglig (comparative fogligare, superlative fogligast)

  1. docile, complaisant

Declension
Inflection of foglig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular foglig fogligare fogligast
Neuter singular fogligt fogligare fogligast
Plural fogliga fogligare fogligast
Masculine plural3 foglige fogligare fogligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 foglige fogligare fogligaste
All fogliga fogligare fogligaste
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
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