mallig

See also: Mallig

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	superlative1
common singular	mallig	malligare	malligast
neuter singular	malligt	malligare	malligast
plural	malliga	malligare	malligast
masculine plural2	mallige	malligare	malligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	mallige	malligare	malligaste
all	malliga	malligare	malligaste

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.

Derived terms

• mallgroda (“a cocky person”)

Further reading

• mallig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• malle in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)