lökig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lök (“onion”) + -ig (“-y”).
Adjective[edit]
lökig (comparative lökigare, superlative lökigast)
- (colloquial, about work) lazy, relaxed
- Jag jobbar lökiga tider på affärn, 10-14.
- I work work lazy times in the store, 10-14.
- (colloquial, about person) dull, lazy, relaxed
- Sluta vara så himla lökig! Klä på dig och ta och träna lite istället vettja!
- Stop being so lazy. Dress yourself and get some exercise!
- (colloquial) sweaty
- Jag tror aldrig jag har varit så här lökig förut, kan solen sluta steka min kropp snart eller?
- I have never been this sweaty before, can the sun stop barbecuing me?
- (colloquial) timid, ridiculous
- Asså, hur kan man klä sig så där lökigt?
- You know, how can anyone dress that ugly.
- (colloquial) ramshackle, worn, worn out
- Men vilken lökig kärra då åker runt med, är den från 1800-talet eller?
- What is that ramshackle of car you drive? Is it 19th century?
- (colloquial) mean, cruel, bad
- Fan, vad lökigt gjort att sno hans P-plats.
- Bad to steal someone else's parking spot like that.
- (colloquial) something surprisingly bad, pathetic
- Spaghetti och köttfärssås på en bröllopsmiddag? Det lökigaste jag nånsin sett!
- Spaghetti bolognese on a wedding? That was the most pathetic I've ever seen!
Usage notes[edit]
The word has a fluid meaning and there are several dialectal differences that lack any easy description. The common denominator however is the negative connotation. Read more at this thread from FamiljeLiv.se: "What is 'lökig' for you?" (in Swedish).
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of lökig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lökig | lökigare | lökigast |
| Neuter singular | lökigt | lökigare | lökigast |
| Plural | lökiga | lökigare | lökigast |
| Masculine plural3 | lökige | lökigare | lökigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lökige | lökigare | lökigaste |
| All | lökiga | lökigare | lökigaste |
| 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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- lökig in Svensk ordbok.