taggig

Swedish

Etymology

tagg (“thorn, spine”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

taggig (comparative taggigare, superlative taggigast)

1. prickly (having (natural) thorns or spines)
2. (figuratively) prickly

Declension

Inflection of taggig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	taggig	taggigare	taggigast
Neuter singular	taggigt	taggigare	taggigast
Plural	taggiga	taggigare	taggigast
Masculine plural3	taggige	taggigare	taggigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	taggige	taggigare	taggigaste
All	taggiga	taggigare	taggigaste
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

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