pirrig

Swedish

Etymology

pirra (“tingle”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

pirrig (comparative pirrigare, superlative pirrigast)

(colloquial, often impersonal) nervous, nerve-racking
Det var pirrigt att vänta på tävlingsresultatet
We were tingling with nervousness waiting for the competition results

Declension

Inflection of **pirrig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	pirrig	pirrigare	pirrigast
neuter singular	pirrigt	pirrigare	pirrigast
plural	pirriga	pirrigare	pirrigast
masculine plural²	pirrige	pirrigare	pirrigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	pirrige	pirrigare	pirrigaste
all	pirriga	pirrigare	pirrigaste

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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