knäsvag
Swedish
Etymology
From knä (“knee”) + svag (“weak”).
Adjective
knäsvag (comparative mer knäsvag, superlative mest knäsvag)
- (temporarily) weak in the knees, often more or less figuratively about infatuation and the like
- Han gjorde henne knäsvag
- He made her swoon
- Deras nya kebabsås gör en knäsvag
- Their new kebab sauce is so amazingly good
Declension
| Inflection of knäsvag | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | knäsvag | mer knäsvag | mest knäsvag |
| Neuter singular | knäsvagt | mer knäsvagt | mest knäsvagt |
| Plural | knäsvaga | mer knäsvaga | mest knäsvaga |
| Masculine plural3 | knäsvage | mer knäsvaga | mest knäsvaga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | knäsvage | mer knäsvage | mest knäsvage |
| All | knäsvaga | mer knäsvaga | mest knäsvaga |
| 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
- knäsvag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- knäsvag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- knäsvag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)