spretig
Swedish
Etymology
spreta + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
spretig (comparative spretigare, superlative spretigast)
- sticking out (in different directions), sprawling, (of hair or a plant or the like) straggly
- en spretig buske ― a straggly plant
- spretigt hår ― straggly hair
- (figuratively) unfocused, going all over the place
- ett spretig föredrag ― an unfocused talk
Declension
| Inflection of spretig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spretig | spretigare | spretigast |
| Neuter singular | spretigt | spretigare | spretigast |
| Plural | spretiga | spretigare | spretigast |
| Masculine plural3 | spretige | spretigare | spretigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spretige | spretigare | spretigaste |
| All | spretiga | spretigare | spretigaste |
| 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
- spreta
References
- spretig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spretig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spretig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)