drægtig

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drachtich, drechtich, from dracht, from Old Saxon *draht, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz + the suffix -ig. Cognate with Dutch drachtig, German Low German drachtig, German trächtig, Norwegian Bokmål drektig, Norwegian Nynorsk drektig, Swedish dräktig.

Adjective

drægtig (neuter drægtigt, plural and definite singular attributive drægtige)

  1. (of non-humans) pregnant, gestating

Inflection

Inflection of drægtig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular drægtig — —2
indefinite neuter singular drægtigt — —2
plural drægtige — —2
definite attributive1 drægtige — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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