fnissig

Swedish

Etymology

fnissa (“giggle, snicker”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

fnissig (comparative fnissigare, superlative fnissigast)

  1. giggly, snickery

Usage notes

Commonly used of both males and females. Fnittrig (“giggly”) sounds feminine.

Declension

Inflection of fnissig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fnissig fnissigare fnissigast
neuter singular fnissigt fnissigare fnissigast
plural fnissiga fnissigare fnissigast
masculine plural2 fnissige fnissigare fnissigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fnissige fnissigare fnissigaste
all fnissiga fnissigare fnissigaste

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.

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