stirrig

Swedish

Etymology

stirra (“stare”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

stirrig (comparative stirrigare, superlative stirrigast)

  1. upset or nervous (and scatterbrained as a result), jumpy, twitchy

Usage notes

Think someone jittery with a staring look on their face.

Declension

Inflection of stirrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular stirrig stirrigare stirrigast
neuter singular stirrigt stirrigare stirrigast
plural stirriga stirrigare stirrigast
masculine plural2 stirrige stirrigare stirrigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 stirrige stirrigare stirrigaste
all stirriga stirrigare stirrigaste

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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