bångstyrig

Swedish

Etymology

bång +‎ styra +‎ -ig, from Middle Low German balstūrich. Compare Danish balstyrig. First part of original compound cognate with Old Norse bǫl. Attested since 1605.

Adjective

bångstyrig (comparative bångstyrigare, superlative bångstyrigast)

  1. unruly, rambunctious

Declension

Inflection of bångstyrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bångstyrig bångstyrigare bångstyrigast
neuter singular bångstyrigt bångstyrigare bångstyrigast
plural bångstyriga bångstyrigare bångstyrigast
masculine plural2 bångstyrige bångstyrigare bångstyrigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bångstyrige bångstyrigare bångstyrigaste
all bångstyriga bångstyrigare bångstyrigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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