svinig

Swedish

Etymology

From svin (swine) +‎ -ig (-y).

Adjective

svinig (comparative svinigare, superlative svinigast)

  1. (colloquial) like a swine (contemptible person); very rude, inconsiderate, indecent
    Synonym: svinaktig

Declension

Inflection of svinig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svinig svinigare svinigast
neuter singular svinigt svinigare svinigast
plural sviniga svinigare svinigast
masculine plural2 svinige svinigare svinigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svinige svinigare svinigaste
all sviniga svinigare svinigaste

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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