påtänd

Swedish

Etymology

Past participle of tända på (“get high”).

Adjective

påtänd (comparative mer påtänd, superlative mest påtänd)

  1. (colloquial) (noticeably) intoxicated (from some drug besides alcohol)
    Synonym: påverkad
    Polisen tyckte han verkade påtänd
    The police thought he might be on something

Declension

Inflection of påtänd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular påtänd — —
neuter singular påtänt — —
plural påtända — —
masculine plural2 påtände — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 påtände — —
all påtända — —

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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