sekig
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Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sekig (comparative sekigare, superlative sekigast)
- (regional, northern Sweden) (too) slow, boring
- Har de inte börjat packa än? Gud så sekiga de är.
- Haven't they started packing yet? God they're slow.
- Vilken sekig film! Vi kollar på nåt annat.
- What a slow and boring movie! Let's watch something else.
- (regional, northern Sweden) sad, tiring
- Sekigt att katten dog!
- It's sad that your cat died! (I'm sorry that your cat died!)
Usage notes[edit]
The sad sense in (sense 2) is from the notion of tiring (and slow to deal with).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sekig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sekig | sekigare | sekigast |
Neuter singular | sekigt | sekigare | sekigast |
Plural | sekiga | sekigare | sekigast |
Masculine plural3 | sekige | sekigare | sekigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sekige | sekigare | sekigaste |
All | sekiga | sekigare | sekigaste |
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 |