mastig

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of German Mast (“fodder made of acorns”), English mast (“food for swine”), Dutch mast (“fodder”), suffixed with -ig.

Adjective

mastig (comparative mastigare, superlative mastigast)

(colloquial) heavy, large, good-sized

Usage notes

Typically used for describing meals.

Declension

Inflection of **mastig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	mastig	mastigare	mastigast
neuter singular	mastigt	mastigare	mastigast
plural	mastiga	mastigare	mastigast
masculine plural²	mastige	mastigare	mastigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	mastige	mastigare	mastigaste
all	mastiga	mastigare	mastigaste

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.

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