spretig

Swedish

Etymology

spreta +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

spretig (comparative spretigare, superlative spretigast)

  1. sticking out (in different directions), sprawling, (of hair or a plant or the like) straggly
    en spretig buske
    a straggly plant
    spretigt hår
    straggly hair
  2. (figuratively) unfocused, going all over the place
    ett spretigt föredrag
    an unfocused talk

Declension

Inflection of spretig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spretig spretigare spretigast
neuter singular spretigt spretigare spretigast
plural spretiga spretigare spretigast
masculine plural2 spretige spretigare spretigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spretige spretigare spretigaste
all spretiga spretigare spretigaste

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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