mallig

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Swedish

Etymology

From dialectal malle (“crumb”) suffixed with -ig, further origin unknown.

Adjective

mallig (comparative malligare, superlative malligast)

  1. (colloquial) cocky, snooty
    Han gav henne ett stort malligt flin när de såg att han skulle vinna
    He gave her a big cheeky grin when they saw that he would win
    Jag gillar inte henne. Hon är så jäkla mallig.
    I don't like her. She's so damn smug.

Declension

Inflection of mallig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular mallig malligare malligast
Neuter singular malligt malligare malligast
Plural malliga malligare malligast
Masculine plural3 mallige malligare malligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 mallige malligare malligaste
All malliga malligare malligaste
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

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