fjällig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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fjäll +‎ -ig

Adjective

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fjällig (not comparable)

  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 Superlative2
Common singular fjällig
Neuter singular fjälligt
Plural fjälliga
Masculine plural3 fjällige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fjällige
All fjälliga
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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