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foglig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish føgheliker (fitting). By surface analysis, foga (comply; conform) +‎ -lig. Compare Danish føjelig and German füglich.

Adjective

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foglig (comparative fogligare, superlative fogligast)

  1. docile, complaisant

Declension

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Inflection of foglig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular foglig fogligare fogligast
neuter singular fogligt fogligare fogligast
plural fogliga fogligare fogligast
masculine plural2 foglige fogligare fogligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 foglige fogligare fogligaste
all fogliga fogligare fogligaste

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.

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