flerstavig

Swedish

Etymology

From fler +‎ -stavig.

Adjective

flerstavig (comparative mer flerstavig, superlative mest flerstavig)

  1. polysyllabic
    Antonym: enstavig

Declension

Inflection of flerstavig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular flerstavig mer flerstavig mest flerstavig
neuter singular flerstavigt mer flerstavigt mest flerstavigt
plural flerstaviga mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga
masculine plural2 flerstavige mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 flerstavige mer flerstavige mest flerstavige
all flerstaviga mer flerstaviga mest flerstaviga

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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