pömsig

Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

pömsig (comparative pömsigare, superlative pömsigast)

  1. (childish) sleepy
    Synonym: sömnig
  2. (sometimes proscribed) tired after sex (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

Inflection of pömsig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pömsig pömsigare pömsigast
neuter singular pömsigt pömsigare pömsigast
plural pömsiga pömsigare pömsigast
masculine plural2 pömsige pömsigare pömsigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 pömsige pömsigare pömsigaste
all pömsiga pömsigare pömsigaste

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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