torftig
Swedish
Etymology
Equivalent to torft + -ig, from Old Swedish thorftogher, thørftugher, from Old Norse þurftugr, from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz. Cognate of Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (þaurfts), Old Saxon thurftig, German dürftig. Doublet of tarvlig.
Adjective
torftig (comparative torftigare, superlative torftigast)
- skimpy, dowdy, feeble, scanty, meagre
Declension
| Inflection of torftig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | torftig | torftigare | torftigast |
| Neuter singular | torftigt | torftigare | torftigast |
| Plural | torftiga | torftigare | torftigast |
| Masculine plural3 | torftige | torftigare | torftigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | torftige | torftigare | torftigaste |
| All | torftiga | torftigare | torftigaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
- nödtorftig
- torftighet
Related terms
- nödtorft
- tarv
- tarva
References
- torftig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- torftig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- torftig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- torftig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)