hostig

See also: höstig

Swedish

Etymology

hosta +‎ -ig

Adjective

hostig (comparative hostigare, superlative hostigast)

1. (colloquial) coughy

Declension

Inflection of hostig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hostig	hostigare	hostigast
Neuter singular	hostigt	hostigare	hostigast
Plural	hostiga	hostigare	hostigast
Masculine plural3	hostige	hostigare	hostigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hostige	hostigare	hostigaste
All	hostiga	hostigare	hostigaste
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

Related terms

• hosta
• hostning

References

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