dygdig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dyghdogher, equivalent to dygd +‎ -ig. Compare Dutch deugdig.

Adjective

dygdig (comparative dygdigare, superlative dygdigast)

  1. virtuous
    Synonyms: dygdesam, dygdefull
    Antonym: syndig
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎[1], Catholica, archived from the original on 2 July 2024, §1803:
      Målet för ett dygdigt liv består i att bli lik Gud.
      The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God.
    • 2011, Anders Källgård, “Kejsaren trodde inte på medicinen – bara på läkare”, in Läkartidningen‎[2], number 49 (pdf), archived from the original on 13 May 2024, page 2604:
      Napoleon kallades senare Larrey för »den dygdigaste man jag någonsin träffat«.
      Napoleon later called Larrey "the most virtuous man I ever met."

Declension

Inflection of dygdig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dygdig dygdigare dygdigast
neuter singular dygdigt dygdigare dygdigast
plural dygdiga dygdigare dygdigast
masculine plural2 dygdige dygdigare dygdigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dygdige dygdigare dygdigaste
all dygdiga dygdigare dygdigaste

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.

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