grovkornig
Swedish
Etymology
grov (“coarse”) + kornig (“grainy”)
Adjective
grovkornig (comparative grovkornigare, superlative grovkornigast)
- coarse-grained (consisting of coarse particles)
- grovkornigt salt
- coarse-grained salt
- Antonym: finkornig
- (figuratively) coarse, crude
- grovkorniga skämt
- crude jokes
Declension
| Inflection of grovkornig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | grovkornig | grovkornigare | grovkornigast |
| Neuter singular | grovkornigt | grovkornigare | grovkornigast |
| Plural | grovkorniga | grovkornigare | grovkornigast |
| Masculine plural3 | grovkornige | grovkornigare | grovkornigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | grovkornige | grovkornigare | grovkornigaste |
| All | grovkorniga | grovkornigare | grovkornigaste |
| 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
- grovkornig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- grovkornig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- grovkornig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)