vidrig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German widrig (“adverse”). Compare Dutch wederig.
Adjective[edit]
vidrig (comparative vidrigare, superlative vidrigast)
- disgusting, repulsive, vile (very disgusting, concretely or more abstractly)
- en vidrig varelse
- a disgusting creature
- vidriga förhörsmetoder
- vile interrogation techniques
- (as part of compound words) in violation of
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of vidrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vidrig | vidrigare | vidrigast |
| Neuter singular | vidrigt | vidrigare | vidrigast |
| Plural | vidriga | vidrigare | vidrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | vidrige | vidrigare | vidrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vidrige | vidrigare | vidrigaste |
| All | vidriga | vidrigare | vidrigaste |
| 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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References[edit]
- vidrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vidrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vidrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- vidrig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)