brysk

Danish

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco.

Adjective

brysk (neuter bryskt, plural and definite singular attributive bryske)

1. brusque, curt, blunt

Inflection

Inflection of brysk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	brysk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	brysk	—	—2
plural	bryske	—	—2
definite attributive1	bryske	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• bryskhed

See also

• brøsig
• bister

References

• “brysk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Western Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɘsk]

Noun

brysk m inan

1. (Western Greater Poland) alternative form of brzask

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “brysk”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 26

Swedish

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco. Cognate of German brüsk.

Adjective

brysk (comparative bryskare, superlative bryskast)

1. brusque, curt (rudely abrupt, unfriendly, harsh)

Declension

Inflection of brysk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	brysk	bryskare	bryskast
neuter singular	bryskt	bryskare	bryskast
plural	bryska	bryskare	bryskast
masculine plural2	bryske	bryskare	bryskast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bryske	bryskare	bryskaste
all	bryska	bryskare	bryskaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

• tvär
• ovänlig

See also

• stram

References

• “brysk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “brysk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “brysk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• brysk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)