Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Likely from puttra +‎ -ig. First attested in 1948.

Adjective edit

puttrig (comparative puttrigare, superlative puttrigast)

  1. (colloquial) cozy
  2. (colloquial, regional) grumpy

Declension edit

Inflection of puttrig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular puttrig puttrigare puttrigast
Neuter singular puttrigt puttrigare puttrigast
Plural puttriga puttrigare puttrigast
Masculine plural3 puttrige puttrigare puttrigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 puttrige puttrigare puttrigaste
All puttriga puttrigare puttrigaste
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

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