tjurig

Swedish

Adjective

tjurig (comparative tjurigare, superlative tjurigast)

1. grumpy, sulky, petulant (like for example a stubbornly uncooperative angry child)

Declension

Inflection of tjurig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tjurig	tjurigare	tjurigast
Neuter singular	tjurigt	tjurigare	tjurigast
Plural	tjuriga	tjurigare	tjurigast
Masculine plural3	tjurige	tjurigare	tjurigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	tjurige	tjurigare	tjurigaste
All	tjuriga	tjurigare	tjurigaste
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

Related terms

• tjura

See also

• tjurskallig (“bullheaded”) (though that meaning is pretty distinct)

References

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