bångstyrig
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bång + styra + -ig, from Middle Low German balstūrich. Compare Danish balstyrig. First part of original compound cognate with Old Norse bǫl. Attested since 1605.
Adjective
[edit]bångstyrig (comparative bångstyrigare, superlative bångstyrigast)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bångstyrig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bångstyrig | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
Neuter singular | bångstyrigt | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
Plural | bångstyriga | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
Masculine plural3 | bångstyrige | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bångstyrige | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigaste |
All | bångstyriga | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigaste |
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 |
References
[edit]- bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bångstyrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bång in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)