trasig
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom trasa (“rag”) + -ig (“-y”). Now a generic word for broken, etymology notwithstanding.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
edittrasig (comparative trasigare, superlative trasigast)
- broken (non-functional)
- out of order
- Synonym: ur funktion
- out of order
- tattered, torn, ragged; broken with rough edges; worn into tatters
- trasiga kläder
- tattered clothes
- 1987, “Trasdockorna [signaturmelodi] [The Raggy Dolls [theme song]]”, Jan Nygren (lyrics), Neil Innes (music)[1]:
- Att va' [vara] söta men lika som bär, vad är det att ha? Lite annorlunda är inget fel att va' [vara]. Om man är av en annan sort, varför ska man kastas bort? Lite trasiga och knasiga, är vårt trasdocksgäng. Lite trasiga och knasiga, det är vår refräng. Är din näsa sned eller armen ur led och din tå är gul och blå? Lappri, säger trasdockan, du är lika bra ändå. Fast trasiga och knasiga. Vi sjunger vår refräng. Lite trasiga och knasiga, är vårt trasdocksgäng.
- To be cute but like two peas in a pod [alike as berries], what's the good in that [what is that to have]? A little different is nothing wrong to be. If you [one] are of a different kind, why should you be thrown away? A little ragged/broken and wacky, is our rag doll bunch [gang]. A little ragged and wacky, that is our chorus. Is your nose crooked or your arm out of joint [dislocated] and your toe is yellow and blue ["gul och blå" also appears idiomatically in some expressions, like "bli slagen gul och blå" (be beaten senseless)]? Trifles [lappri – a somewhat obscure word, and likely to have confused many native speakers], says the rag doll, you're just as good anyway. Though ragged and wacky. We sing our chorus. A little ragged and wacky, is our rag doll bunch.
Declension
editInflection of trasig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | trasig | trasigare | trasigast |
Neuter singular | trasigt | trasigare | trasigast |
Plural | trasiga | trasigare | trasigast |
Masculine plural3 | trasige | trasigare | trasigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | trasige | trasigare | trasigaste |
All | trasiga | trasigare | trasigaste |
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
editReferences
edit- trasig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- trasig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- trasig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)