fåvitsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish favitsker, equivalent to få +‎ vett +‎ -sk.

Adjective

fåvitsk

  1. (archaic) foolish, thoughtless
    Synonyms: dåraktig, tanklös
    • 1928, Nathan Söderblom, Kristi pinas historia‎[1], Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses bokförlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2 August 2025:
      Slika uträkningar äro lika ogudaktiga som fåvitska.
      Such calculations are as ungodly as they are foolish.

Declension

Inflection of fåvitsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fåvitsk — —
neuter singular fåvitskt — —
plural fåvitska — —
masculine plural2 fåvitske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fåvitske — —
all fåvitska — —

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

References

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