fallfärdig
Swedish
editEtymology
editfalla (“fall”) + färdig (“ready”). Similar to Norwegian falleferdig.
Adjective
editfallfärdig (comparative fallfärdigare, superlative fallfärdigast)
- dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown (to the point of risking collapse, possibly hyperbolically, usually of a house)
- en fallfärdig gammal kåk
- a dilapidated old house
Declension
edit| Inflection of fallfärdig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fallfärdig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | fallfärdigt | — | — |
| Plural | fallfärdiga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | fallfärdige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fallfärdige | — | — |
| All | fallfärdiga | — | — |
| 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 | |||