grinig

Swedish

Etymology

grina +‎ -ig

Adjective

grinig (comparative grinigare, superlative grinigast)

1. cantankerous, grouchy, grumpy, whiny

Declension

Inflection of grinig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	grinig	grinigare	grinigast
Neuter singular	grinigt	grinigare	grinigast
Plural	griniga	grinigare	grinigast
Masculine plural3	grinige	grinigare	grinigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	grinige	grinigare	grinigaste
All	griniga	grinigare	grinigaste
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

Derived terms

• grinighet (“grinigness”)

References

• grinig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grinig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grinig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)