hetsig
Swedish
Etymology
From German hitzig, from German Hitze (“heat”). Thus closely related to het and hetta, but despite superficial similarity not to hets and hetsa.
Adjective
Declension
| Inflection of hetsig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hetsig | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Neuter singular | hetsigt | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Plural | hetsiga | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Masculine plural3 | hetsige | hetsigare | hetsigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hetsige | hetsigare | hetsigaste |
| All | hetsiga | hetsigare | hetsigaste |
| 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 | |||
References
- hetsig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hetsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hetsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- hetsig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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