meckig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from meck, "complicated situation", and mecka, "to fix; to tinker with". Formed by adding the adjective suffix -ig, "-y"; so it's meck + -ig.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
meckig (comparative meckigare, superlative meckigast)
- (colloquial) Complicated, difficult or disconcerting; tricky
- Det kommer bli meckigt att få min familj att acceptera min nya partner.
- "It'll be tricky to get my family to accept my new partner."
Declension edit
| Inflection of meckig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | meckig | meckigare | meckigast |
| Neuter singular | meckigt | meckigare | meckigast |
| Plural | meckiga | meckigare | meckigast |
| Masculine plural3 | meckige | meckigare | meckigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | meckige | meckigare | meckigaste |
| All | meckiga | meckigare | meckigaste |
| 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 | |||