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)
- 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
- foglig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- foglig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- foglig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)