valhänt

Swedish

Etymology

valen (“stiff or numb from cold (now rare)”) +‎ -hänt (“-handed”)

Adjective

valhänt (comparative mer valhänt, superlative mest valhänt)

  1. ham-fisted (lacking skill with the hands, or in general)

Declension
Inflection of valhänt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular valhänt mer valhänt mest valhänt
Neuter singular valhänt mer valhänt mest valhänt
Plural valhänta mer valhänta mest valhänta
Masculine plural3 valhänte mer valhänta mest valhänta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 valhänte mer valhänte mest valhänte
All valhänta mer valhänta mest valhänta
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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