From vet (“fat, grease”) + -ig (“-y”).
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vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)
Declension of vettig | ||||
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uninflected | vettig | |||
inflected | vettige | |||
comparative | vettiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | vettig | vettiger | het vettigst het vettigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | vettige | vettigere | vettigste |
n. sing. | vettig | vettiger | vettigste | |
plural | vettige | vettigere | vettigste | |
definite | vettige | vettigere | vettigste | |
partitive | vettigs | vettigers | — |
vettig (comparative vettigere, superlative vettigst)
From vett (“wit”) + -ig (“-y”). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.
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vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)
Inflection of vettig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vettig | vettigare | vettigast |
Neuter singular | vettigt | vettigare | vettigast |
Plural | vettiga | vettigare | vettigast |
Masculine plural3 | vettige | vettigare | vettigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vettige | vettigare | vettigaste |
All | vettiga | vettigare | vettigaste |
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 |