Inherited from Old Swedish føgheliker (“fitting”). By surface analysis, foga (“comply; conform”) + -lig. Compare Danish føjelig and German füglich.
foglig (comparative fogligare, superlative fogligast)
Inflection of foglig | |||
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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 |