knivig

Swedish

Etymology

kniv +‎ -ig, originally in the sense "sharp as a knife".

Adjective

knivig (comparative knivigare, superlative knivigast)

1. (informal) tricky, thorny, knotty (of a situation or the like)

   Synonyms: knepig, klurig, marig, kinkig

Declension

Inflection of knivig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	knivig	knivigare	knivigast
Neuter singular	knivigt	knivigare	knivigast
Plural	kniviga	knivigare	knivigast
Masculine plural3	knivige	knivigare	knivigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	knivige	knivigare	knivigaste
All	kniviga	knivigare	knivigaste
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

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

Anagrams

• Viking, viking