meckig

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from meck, "complicated situation", and mecka, "to fix; to tinker with". Formed by adding the adjective suffix -ig, "-y"; so it's meck +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeˌkːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

meckig (comparative meckigare, superlative meckigast)

1. (colloquial) Complicated, difficult or disconcerting; tricky

   Det kommer bli meckigt att få min familj att acceptera min nya partner.

   "It'll be tricky to get my family to accept my new partner."

Declension

Inflection of meckig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	meckig	meckigare	meckigast
neuter singular	meckigt	meckigare	meckigast
plural	meckiga	meckigare	meckigast
masculine plural2	meckige	meckigare	meckigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	meckige	meckigare	meckigaste
all	meckiga	meckigare	meckigaste

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.