sappig
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch sappig, from Middle Dutch sapich. Equivalent to sap + -ig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sappig (attributive sappige, comparative sappiger, superlative sappigste)
- juicy, succulent, sappy
- Die boere probeer om die sappigste vrugte te kweek.
- The farmers try to grow the juiciest fruits.
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch sapich. Equivalent to sap + -ig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sappig (comparative sappiger, superlative sappigst)
- juicy, succulent, sappy
- De groenteboer legde het dorre fruit in de schappen, maar gooide het sappige weg.
- The greengrocer put the wilted fruit on the shelves, but discarded the juicy fruit.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of sappig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | sappig | |||
| inflected | sappige | |||
| comparative | sappiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | sappig | sappiger | het sappigst het sappigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | sappige | sappigere | sappigste |
| n. sing. | sappig | sappiger | sappigste | |
| plural | sappige | sappigere | sappigste | |
| definite | sappige | sappigere | sappigste | |
| partitive | sappigs | sappigers | — | |
Derived terms
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