lurig

Swedish

From lura (“to trick”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

lurig (comparative lurigare, superlative lurigast)

tricky (hard to deal with, complicated)
Synonyms: knepig, klurig

En lurig situation ― A tricky situation
(relating to a person) sneaky, sly, tricksy
Han är lite lurig ― He's a bit sneaky

Han hade en lurig min ― He had a sly look on his face

Sometimes endearing in (sense 2).
Sometimes more towards strange/eccentric (in a sneaky or tricksy kind of way) when used of people.

Inflection of lurig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	lurig	lurigare	lurigast
Neuter singular	lurigt	lurigare	lurigast
Plural	luriga	lurigare	lurigast
Masculine plural³	lurige	lurigare	lurigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	lurige	lurigare	lurigaste
All	luriga	lurigare	lurigaste
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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