brysk

Swedish

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco. Cognate of German brüsk.

Adjective

brysk (comparative bryskare, superlative bryskast)

1. brusque, curt (rudely abrupt, unfriendly, harsh)

Declension

Inflection of brysk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	brysk	bryskare	bryskast
Neuter singular	bryskt	bryskare	bryskast
Plural	bryska	bryskare	bryskast
Masculine plural3	bryske	bryskare	bryskast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bryske	bryskare	bryskaste
All	bryska	bryskare	bryskaste
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

Synonyms

• tvär
• ovänlig

See also

• stram

References

• brysk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brysk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brysk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• brysk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)