gullig (comparative gulligare, superlative gulligast)
The word that best matches English cute in the general sense is söt. Gullig additionally implies sweetness, like of a child or an animal, and so is less common for describing being cute in a physically attractive way (unless going for "cute and sweet" in tone, which sounds the same). Gullig implies söt, but söt does not necessarily imply gullig.
Like English cute, neither söt nor gullig has any inherent connotations of physical attractiveness. A baby can be called both without sounding weird. Fin (“pretty”) is similarly neutral.
| Inflection of gullig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | gullig | gulligare | gulligast |
| Neuter singular | gulligt | gulligare | gulligast |
| Plural | gulliga | gulligare | gulligast |
| Masculine plural3 | gullige | gulligare | gulligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | gullige | gulligare | gulligaste |
| All | gulliga | gulligare | gulligaste |
| 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 | |||