svinig
Swedish
Etymology
From svin (“swine”) + -ig (“-y”).
Adjective
svinig (comparative svinigare, superlative svinigast)
- (colloquial) like a swine (contemptible person); very rude, inconsiderate, indecent
- Synonym: svinaktig
Declension
| Inflection of svinig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | svinig | svinigare | svinigast |
| Neuter singular | svinigt | svinigare | svinigast |
| Plural | sviniga | svinigare | svinigast |
| Masculine plural3 | svinige | svinigare | svinigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | svinige | svinigare | svinigaste |
| All | sviniga | svinigare | svinigaste |
| 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 | |||
See also
- svin
- svina
References
- svinig in Svensk ordbok (SO)