maffig

Swedish

Etymology

From Swedish dialectal maffe (“excellent”) suffixed with -ig, further origin unclear. Perhaps originally a misinterpretation of French ma foi.

Adjective

maffig (comparative maffigare, superlative maffigast)

  1. (informal) impressive, stunning

Declension

Inflection of maffig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular maffig maffigare maffigast
neuter singular maffigt maffigare maffigast
plural maffiga maffigare maffigast
masculine plural2 maffige maffigare maffigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 maffige maffigare maffigaste
all maffiga maffigare maffigaste

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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