uppnosig

Swedish

Etymology

upp (“up”) +‎ nos (“nose”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

uppnosig (not comparable)

  1. impudent, cheeky (having sass)
    vara uppnosig mot läraren
    sass the teacher

Declension

Inflection of uppnosig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular uppnosig — —
neuter singular uppnosigt — —
plural uppnosiga — —
masculine plural2 uppnosige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 uppnosige — —
all uppnosiga — —

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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