hetsig
Swedish
Etymology
From German hitzig, from German Hitze (“heat”). Thus closely related to het and hetta, but despite superficial similarity not to hets and hetsa.
Adjective
hetsig (comparative hetsigare, superlative hetsigast)
- heated, hot-blooded, irascible
- Synonyms: hetlevrad, kolerisk
- frenzied, hurried
- Synonym: jäktad
Declension
| Inflection of hetsig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hetsig | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Neuter singular | hetsigt | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Plural | hetsiga | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Masculine plural3 | hetsige | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hetsige | hetsigare | hetsigaste |
| All | hetsiga | hetsigare | hetsigaste |
| 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
- hetsig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hetsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hetsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hetsig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)