virrig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German wirrig, from wirr.
Adjective
[edit]virrig (comparative virrigare, superlative virrigast)
- confused, muddled (confused in a messy, disordered manner)
- ett virrigt resonemang
- a confused reasoning
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of virrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | virrig | virrigare | virrigast |
| Neuter singular | virrigt | virrigare | virrigast |
| Plural | virriga | virrigare | virrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | virrige | virrigare | virrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | virrige | virrigare | virrigaste |
| All | virriga | virrigare | virrigaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- virrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- virrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- virrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- virrig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)