pillig

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pillig (comparative pilligare, superlative pilligast)

  1. (colloquial) finicky, fiddly
    Synonym: pillrig
    Det är pilligt att sy fast knappar
    Sewing buttons on is fiddly

Usage notes[edit]

See pilla for intuition.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of pillig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pillig pilligare pilligast
Neuter singular pilligt pilligare pilligast
Plural pilliga pilligare pilligast
Masculine plural3 pillige pilligare pilligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 pillige pilligare pilligaste
All pilliga pilligare pilligaste
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

Related terms[edit]

  • pill (finicky or fiddly activity)
  • pilla

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