pirrig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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pirra (tingle) +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective

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pirrig (comparative pirrigare, superlative pirrigast)

  1. (colloquial, often impersonal) nervous, nerve-racking
    Det var pirrigt att vänta på tävlingsresultatet
    We were tingling with nervousness waiting for the competition results

Declension

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Inflection of pirrig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pirrig pirrigare pirrigast
Neuter singular pirrigt pirrigare pirrigast
Plural pirriga pirrigare pirrigast
Masculine plural3 pirrige pirrigare pirrigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 pirrige pirrigare pirrigaste
All pirriga pirrigare pirrigaste
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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