fnissig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fnissa (giggle, snicker) +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective[edit]

fnissig (comparative fnissigare, superlative fnissigast)

  1. giggly, snickery

Usage notes[edit]

Commonly used of both males and females. Fnittrig (giggly) sounds feminine.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of fnissig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fnissig fnissigare fnissigast
Neuter singular fnissigt fnissigare fnissigast
Plural fnissiga fnissigare fnissigast
Masculine plural3 fnissige fnissigare fnissigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fnissige fnissigare fnissigaste
All fnissiga fnissigare fnissigaste
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

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