mastig
Swedish
Etymology
Cognate of German Mast (“fodder made of acorns”), English mast (“food for swine”), Dutch mast (“fodder”), suffixed with -ig.
Adjective
mastig (comparative mastigare, superlative mastigast)
- (colloquial) heavy, large, good-sized
Usage notes
Typically used for describing meals.
Declension
| Inflection of mastig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | mastig | mastigare | mastigast |
| Neuter singular | mastigt | mastigare | mastigast |
| Plural | mastiga | mastigare | mastigast |
| Masculine plural3 | mastige | mastigare | mastigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | mastige | mastigare | mastigaste |
| All | mastiga | mastigare | mastigaste |
| 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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