-skeppig

Swedish

Etymology

From skepp (nave, aisle) +‎ -ig (-ed).

Suffix

-skeppig

  1. (of a church) -nave, -aisled
    En enskeppig träkyrka är lika helig som en sjuskeppig marmorbasilika.
    A single-nave wooden church is as holy as a seven-aisled marble basilica.

Declension

Inflection of -skeppig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular -skeppig
neuter singular -skeppigt
plural -skeppiga
masculine plural2 -skeppiga
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 -skeppiga
all -skeppiga

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

Swedish terms suffixed with -skeppig

References