svinig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From svin (swine) +‎ -ig (-y).

Adjective[edit]

svinig (comparative svinigare, superlative svinigast)

  1. (colloquial) like a swine (contemptible person); very rude, inconsiderate, indecent
    Synonym: svinaktig

Declension[edit]

Inflection of svinig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svinig svinigare svinigast
Neuter singular svinigt svinigare svinigast
Plural sviniga svinigare svinigast
Masculine plural3 svinige svinigare svinigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 svinige svinigare svinigaste
All sviniga svinigare svinigaste
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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