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fjällig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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fjäll +‎ -ig

Adjective

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fjällig (comparative fjälligare, superlative fjälligast)

  1. scaly, squamous
    Ormar är fjälliga
    Snakes are scaly
  2. flaky
    Synonyms: (more common) flagnande, flagig
    fjällig hud
    flaky skin
  3. (rare) mountainous
    Synonym: bergig

Declension

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Inflection of fjällig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fjällig fjälligare fjälligast
neuter singular fjälligt fjälligare fjälligast
plural fjälliga fjälligare fjälligast
masculine plural2 fjällige fjälligare fjälligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fjällige fjälligare fjälligaste
all fjälliga fjälligare fjälligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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