dyngsur

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, dynga (“dung”) +‎ sur (“wet (of something that should be dry)”).

Adjective

dyngsur (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) drenched, soaking wet
    Synonym: plaskvåt
    Vi blev dyngsura
    We got drenched
    Kläderna är dyngsura
    The clothes are soaking wet

Declension

Inflection of dyngsur
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dyngsur — —
neuter singular dyngsurt — —
plural dyngsura — —
masculine plural2 dyngsure — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dyngsure — —
all dyngsura — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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