smaskig
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from smaska (“to make a wet sound, to eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²smaskɪ(ɡ)/
Adjective
smaskig (comparative smaskigare, superlative smaskigast)
- (colloquial) yummy, tasty, scrumptious (of somewhat wet food)
- Synonym: smarrig
- (figuratively, colloquial) sensational, juicy
- 2012, “Åtalas för avlyssning”, in Svenska Dagbladet:
- Över 600 politiker, brottsoffer och kändisar avlyssnades illegalt under minst sex år av Storbritanniens då största tidning i jakten på smaskiga nyheter.
- Over 600 politicians, crime victims and celebrities were illegally bugged for at least six years by Britain's then biggest newspaper in the search for sensational news.
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Declension
| Inflection of smaskig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | smaskig | smaskigare | smaskigast |
| Neuter singular | smaskigt | smaskigare | smaskigast |
| Plural | smaskiga | smaskigare | smaskigast |
| Masculine plural3 | smaskige | smaskigare | smaskigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | smaskige | smaskigare | smaskigaste |
| All | smaskiga | smaskigare | smaskigaste |
| 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
- smaskig in Svensk ordbok (SO)