risig

Swedish

Etymology

ris +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

risig (comparative risigare, superlative risigast)

  1. (to a large extent) made up of twigs or brushwood (ris), scrubby
    en risig buske
    a scrubby bush
    • 1961, Olle Adolphson, “Trubbel [Trouble]”, in Visor trycka i år [Songs printed this year]‎[1]:
      Nu stryker vinden genom trädens höga kronor, men i min trädgård är det visset, mörkt och kallt. Här är det risigt och förvuxet, fult och snårigt.
      Now the wind sweeps [strokes, smooths] through the high crowns of the trees, but in my garden it is withered, dark, and cold. Here it is scrubby and overgrown, ugly, and tangled [avoids repeating "scrubby," and "snårig" focuses on messiness].
  2. beat up; under the weather
    en risig bil
    a beat-up car
    Han kände sig rätt risig dagen efter festen
    He felt pretty crappy the day after the party
    Du ser rätt risig ut idag. Festade ni hårt igår?
    You look pretty bad today. Did you party hard yesterday?
    vara risig i kistan
    have a bad stomach [colloquial]

Declension

Inflection of risig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular risig risigare risigast
neuter singular risigt risigare risigast
plural risiga risigare risigast
masculine plural2 risige risigare risigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 risige risigare risigaste
all risiga risigare risigaste

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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