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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse styggr, from Proto-Germanic *stugjaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål stygg (ugly), Norwegian Nynorsk stygg (ugly), Swedish stygg (bad), Dutch stug (stiff).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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styg (neuter stygt, plural and definite singular attributive stygge)

  1. bad
  2. ugly
  3. disgusting

Inflection

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Inflection of styg
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular styg styggere styggest2
Indefinite neuter singular stygt styggere styggest2
Plural stygge styggere styggest2
Definite attributive1 stygge styggere styggeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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