Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste + -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, driste + -ig.
dristig
| Inflection of dristig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | dristig | dristigere | dristigst2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | dristigt | dristigere | dristigst2 |
| Plural | dristige | dristigere | dristigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | dristige | dristigere | dristigste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste + -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, drista + -ig.
dristig (comparative dristigare, superlative dristigast)
| Inflection of dristig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | dristig | dristigare | dristigast |
| Neuter singular | dristigt | dristigare | dristigast |
| Plural | dristiga | dristigare | dristigast |
| Masculine plural3 | dristige | dristigare | dristigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | dristige | dristigare | dristigaste |
| All | dristiga | dristigare | dristigaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||