svankryggig
Swedish
Etymology
svankrygg + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
svankryggig (comparative mer svankryggig, superlative mest svankryggig)
- having a back with a greater than usual inward curvature (of a human or for example a horse), (when pathological) having lordosis, swaybacked
Declension
| Inflection of svankryggig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | svankryggig | mer svankryggig | mest svankryggig |
| Neuter singular | svankryggigt | mer svankryggigt | mest svankryggigt |
| Plural | svankryggiga | mer svankryggiga | mest svankryggiga |
| Masculine plural3 | svankryggige | mer svankryggiga | mest svankryggiga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | svankryggige | mer svankryggige | mest svankryggige |
| All | svankryggiga | mer svankryggiga | mest svankryggiga |
| 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
- svankryggig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svankryggig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)