bångstyrig
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
bång + styra + -ig, from Middle Low German balstūrich. Compare Danish balstyrig. First part of original compound cognate with Old Norse bǫl. Attested since 1605.
AdjectiveEdit
bångstyrig (comparative bångstyrigare, superlative bångstyrigast)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of bångstyrig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bångstyrig | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
| Neuter singular | bångstyrigt | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
| Plural | bångstyriga | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
| Masculine plural3 | bångstyrige | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bångstyrige | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigaste |
| All | bångstyriga | bångstyrigare | bångstyrigaste |
| 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 | |||
ReferencesEdit
- bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bångstyrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bång in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)