skallig

Swedish

Etymology

skalle (“skull”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

skallig (comparative skalligare, superlative skalligast)

1. bald (having a bald head)

   Synonyms: flintskallig, flintis, flint, kal

   Bruce Willis är skallig

   Bruce Willis is bald

Declension

Inflection of skallig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skallig	skalligare	skalligast
Neuter singular	skalligt	skalligare	skalligast
Plural	skalliga	skalligare	skalligast
Masculine plural3	skallige	skalligare	skalligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skallige	skalligare	skalligaste
All	skalliga	skalligare	skalligaste
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

• skallighet

References

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