smarrig
Swedish
Etymology
Attested from 1970. Derived from smaskig, "tasty", by a word formation that contracts words containing "s" consonant clusters containing "s" into a -rre ending. Compare with firre, from fisk, "fish" or glarre, from glass, "ice cream".
Pronunciation
Adjective
smarrig (comparative smarrigare, superlative smarrigast)
- (colloquial) Tasty, delicious.
- Den här tårtan är riktigt smarrig.
- "This cake is really tasty."
Declension
| Inflection of smarrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | smarrig | smarrigare | smarrigast |
| Neuter singular | smarrigt | smarrigare | smarrigast |
| Plural | smarriga | smarrigare | smarrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | smarrige | smarrigare | smarrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | smarrige | smarrigare | smarrigaste |
| All | smarriga | smarrigare | smarrigaste |
| 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 | |||