ettrig

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Swedish

Etymology

etter (“venom, poison”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Cognate of English attery.

Adjective

ettrig (comparative ettrigare, superlative ettrigast)

  1. energetic and annoyingly intrusive (and stubborn and (somewhat) angry); tenacious, energetic, angry, feisty
    ettriga mygg
    mosquitoes that just won't bloody quit

Usage notes

The intuition is of someone/something energetic (and usually angry) that won't go away.

Declension

Inflection of ettrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ettrig ettrigare ettrigast
neuter singular ettrigt ettrigare ettrigast
plural ettriga ettrigare ettrigast
masculine plural2 ettrige ettrigare ettrigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ettrige ettrigare ettrigaste
all ettriga ettrigare ettrigaste

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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