flyhänt

Swedish

Etymology

Perhaps from flyta (“flow”) +‎ -hänt (“-handed”).

Adjective

flyhänt (comparative flyhäntare, superlative flyhäntast)

  1. quick (and deft, with the hands, or more generally); nimble, dexterous, fast-handed
  2. (of writing and the like) elegant, flowing
  3. (of writing and the like, sometimes) light-hearted, shallow

Declension

Inflection of flyhänt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular flyhänt flyhäntare flyhäntast
neuter singular flyhänt flyhäntare flyhäntast
plural flyhänta flyhäntare flyhäntast
masculine plural2 flyhänte flyhäntare flyhäntast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 flyhänte flyhäntare flyhäntaste
all flyhänta flyhäntare flyhäntaste

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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