dåsig
See also: dasig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German dosich, from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg. Cognate of English dizzy. By surface analysis, dåsa + -ig (“-y”).
Adjective edit
dåsig (comparative dåsigare, superlative dåsigast)
- drowsy (in a relaxed manner, for example after lying out in the sun)
- Antihistaminer kan göra så att man blir dåsig
- Antihistamines can make you feel drowsy
Declension edit
| Inflection of dåsig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | dåsig | dåsigare | dåsigast |
| Neuter singular | dåsigt | dåsigare | dåsigast |
| Plural | dåsiga | dåsigare | dåsigast |
| Masculine plural3 | dåsige | dåsigare | dåsigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | dåsige | dåsigare | dåsigaste |
| All | dåsiga | dåsigare | dåsigaste |
| 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 | |||
References edit
- dåsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dåsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dåsig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)