fnissig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
fnissa (“giggle, snicker”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective edit
fnissig (comparative fnissigare, superlative fnissigast)
Usage notes edit
Commonly used of both males and females. Fnittrig (“giggly”) sounds feminine.
Declension edit
| Inflection of fnissig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fnissig | fnissigare | fnissigast |
| Neuter singular | fnissigt | fnissigare | fnissigast |
| Plural | fnissiga | fnissigare | fnissigast |
| Masculine plural3 | fnissige | fnissigare | fnissigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fnissige | fnissigare | fnissigaste |
| All | fnissiga | fnissigare | fnissigaste |
| 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 | |||