tyken
Swedish
Etymology
Either from the verb tycka or from the root in the obsolete adjective otyk (“clumsy”).
Adjective
tyken (comparative tyknare, superlative tyknast)
- (regional, Western) cocky, nosy, cheeky
Declension
| Inflection of tyken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tyken | tyknare | tyknast |
| Neuter singular | tyket | tyknare | tyknast |
| Plural | tykna | tyknare | tyknast |
| Masculine plural3 | tykne | tyknare | tyknast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tykne | tyknare | tyknaste |
| All | tykna | tyknare | tyknaste |
| 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
- tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tyken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tyken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)