feg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fēgher, from Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. The present meaning ("cowardly") is through German influence (compare German feige).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

feg (comparative fegare, superlative fegast)

  1. cowardly

Declension
Inflection of feg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular feg fegare fegast
Neuter singular fegt fegare fegast
Plural fega fegare fegast
Masculine plural3 fege fegare fegast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fege fegare fegaste
All fega fegare fegaste
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

Derived terms

References

Volapük

Noun

feg (nominative plural fegs)

  1. fencing

Declension
declension of feg
singular plural
nominative feg fegs
genitive fega fegas
dative fege feges
accusative fegi fegis
vocative 1 o feg! o fegs!
predicative 2 fegu fegus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
  • fegön
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