dåsig

See also: dasig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German dosich, from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg. Cognate of English dizzy. By surface analysis, dåsa +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

dåsig (comparative dåsigare, superlative dåsigast)

1. drowsy (in a relaxed manner, for example after lying out in the sun)

   Antihistaminer kan göra så att man blir dåsig

   Antihistamines can make you feel drowsy

Declension

Inflection of dåsig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	dåsig	dåsigare	dåsigast
neuter singular	dåsigt	dåsigare	dåsigast
plural	dåsiga	dåsigare	dåsigast
masculine plural2	dåsige	dåsigare	dåsigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	dåsige	dåsigare	dåsigaste
all	dåsiga	dåsigare	dåsigaste

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.

References

• dåsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dåsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dåsig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)