hispig

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From hispa (“mental asylum”) +‎ -ig (“-y”), from Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²hɪspɪ(ɡ)/
Rhymes: -²ɪspɪɡ, -²ɪspɪ

Adjective edit

hispig (comparative hispigare, superlative hispigast)

(colloquial, of a person) experiencing a fit of anxiety or prone to experiencing fits of anxiety, "hysterical"
(colloquial, of a person) scatterbrained, crazy
Synonym: vimsig

Declension edit

Inflection of hispig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	hispig	hispigare	hispigast
Neuter singular	hispigt	hispigare	hispigast
Plural	hispiga	hispigare	hispigast
Masculine plural³	hispige	hispigare	hispigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	hispige	hispigare	hispigaste
All	hispiga	hispigare	hispigaste
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

hispig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Gerd Carling (2005) “hispig”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82