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

• maffig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• maffig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• maffig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)