sölig

See also: solig

Swedish

Etymology

söl +‎ -ig

Adjective

sölig (comparative söligare, superlative söligast)

  1. (annoyingly) slow, lingering, dilatory
    Han skulle varit här för en timme sen. Måste han vara så jäkla sölig?
    He was supposed to have been here an hour ago. Does he have to be so damn slow?
  3. sullied with something sticky and messy

Usage notes

Often instead as nedsölad in (sense 2): "tröjan var nedsölad med senap" = "the shirt was soiled with mustard"

Declension

Inflection of sölig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sölig söligare söligast
neuter singular söligt söligare söligast
plural söliga söligare söligast
masculine plural2 sölige söligare söligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sölige söligare söligaste
all söliga söligare söligaste

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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