mastig

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of German Mast (“fodder made of acorns”), English mast (“food for swine”), Dutch mast (“fodder”), suffixed with -ig.

Adjective

mastig (comparative mastigare, superlative mastigast)

  1. (colloquial) heavy, large, good-sized

Usage notes

Typically used for describing meals.

Declension

Inflection of mastig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mastig mastigare mastigast
neuter singular mastigt mastigare mastigast
plural mastiga mastigare mastigast
masculine plural2 mastige mastigare mastigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mastige mastigare mastigaste
all mastiga mastigare mastigaste

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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