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mögig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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mög +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mögig (comparative mögigare, superlative mögigast)

  1. (colloquial, Southern, also figurative) dirty, filthy
    • 2018 April 28, Jenny Strömstedt, “Ha tålamod med andras misslyckade välvilja [Be patient with others' failed attempts at goodwill]”, in Expressen[1]:
      Vardaglig välvilja kan lätt användas som förlåtande täckmantel för mögig okunskap och ruttna skämt.
      Everyday benevolence can easily be used as a forgivable cover for filthy ignorance and rotten jokes.
  2. (colloquial, Southern) junky, trashy; of poor quality

Declension

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Inflection of mögig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mögig mögigare mögigast
neuter singular mögigt mögigare mögigast
plural mögiga mögigare mögigast
masculine plural2 mögige mögigare mögigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mögige mögigare mögigaste
all mögiga mögigare mögigaste

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.