mesig

Swedish

Etymology

From mes (“wimp”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

mesig (comparative mesigare, superlative mesigast)

1. wimpy

   Jag är så mesig ― I'm such a wimp

Declension

Inflection of mesig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mesig	mesigare	mesigast
Neuter singular	mesigt	mesigare	mesigast
Plural	mesiga	mesigare	mesigast
Masculine plural3	mesige	mesigare	mesigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mesige	mesigare	mesigaste
All	mesiga	mesigare	mesigaste
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

• mesighet (“wimpiness”)

References

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