fläckig

Swedish

en fläckig dalmatinervalp

Etymology

fläck (“spot, stain”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

fläckig (not comparable)

1. covered in or marked with spots (often of animals); spotted, spotty, mottled
2. stained (dirty with spots)

Declension

Inflection of fläckig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	fläckig	—	—
neuter singular	fläckigt	—	—
plural	fläckiga	—	—
masculine plural2	fläckige	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	fläckige	—	—
all	fläckiga	—	—

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.

Derived terms

• fläckig visseland (“spotted whistling duck”)
• rödfläckig (“red-spotted”)
• småfläckig (“small-spotted”)

See also

• bjärt
• prickig (“spotted, dotted”)
• spräcklig (“speckled”)

References

• “fläckig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fläckig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)