pirrig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pirra (“tingle”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]| Inflection of pirrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | pirrig | pirrigare | pirrigast |
| Neuter singular | pirrigt | pirrigare | pirrigast |
| Plural | pirriga | pirrigare | pirrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | pirrige | pirrigare | pirrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | pirrige | pirrigare | pirrigaste |
| All | pirriga | pirrigare | pirrigaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||