Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From trasa (rag) +‎ -ig (-y). Now a generic word for broken, etymology notwithstanding.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

trasig (comparative trasigare, superlative trasigast)

  1. broken (non-functional)
    Bilen är trasig
    The car is broken
    Synonyms: sönder, söndrig
    1. out of order
      Synonym: ur funktion
  2. 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):
      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 edit

Inflection of trasig
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

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