pjoskig
Swedish
Alternative forms
- pjåskig
Adjective
pjoskig (comparative pjoskigare, superlative pjoskigast)
- showing excessive worry or caution or sentimentality, often in the context of excessive coddling or pampering (e.g. of children)
- Får de inte ens vara ensamma en helg? Gud så pjoskigt!
- Can't they even be alone for a weekend? What overprotective silliness!
Declension
| Inflection of pjoskig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | pjoskig | pjoskigare | pjoskigast |
| Neuter singular | pjoskigt | pjoskigare | pjoskigast |
| Plural | pjoskiga | pjoskigare | pjoskigast |
| Masculine plural3 | pjoskige | pjoskigare | pjoskigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | pjoskige | pjoskigare | pjoskigaste |
| All | pjoskiga | pjoskigare | pjoskigaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
- pjosk
- pjoska
References
- pjoskig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pjoskig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)