trotsig

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, trots (“defiance”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

trotsig (comparative trotsigare, superlative trotsigast)

1. defiant

Declension

Inflection of trotsig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	trotsig	trotsigare	trotsigast
Neuter singular	trotsigt	trotsigare	trotsigast
Plural	trotsiga	trotsigare	trotsigast
Masculine plural3	trotsige	trotsigare	trotsigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	trotsige	trotsigare	trotsigaste
All	trotsiga	trotsigare	trotsigaste
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

References

• trotsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trotsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)