risig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]risig (comparative risigare, superlative risigast)
- (to a large extent) made up of twigs or brushwood (ris), scrubby
- en risig buske
- a scrubby bush
- 1961, Olle Adolphson (lyrics and music), “Trubbel [Trouble]”, in Visor trycka i år [Songs printed this year][1]:
- Nu stryker vinden genom trädens höga kronor, men i min trädgård är det visset, mörkt och kallt. Här är det risigt och förvuxet, fult och snårigt.
- Now the wind sweeps [strokes, smooths] through the high crowns of the trees, but in my garden it is withered, dark, and cold. Here it is scrubby and overgrown, ugly, and tangled [avoids repeating "scrubby," and "snårig" focuses on messiness].
- beat up; under the weather
- en risig bil
- a beat-up car
- Han kände sig rätt risig dagen efter festen
- He felt pretty crappy the day after the party
- Du ser rätt risig ut idag. Festade ni hårt igår?
- You look pretty bad today. Did you party hard yesterday?
- vara risig i kistan
- have a bad stomach [colloquial]
Declension
[edit]Inflection of risig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | risig | risigare | risigast |
Neuter singular | risigt | risigare | risigast |
Plural | risiga | risigare | risigast |
Masculine plural3 | risige | risigare | risigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | risige | risigare | risigaste |
All | risiga | risigare | risigaste |
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 |
Derived terms
[edit]- ligga risigt till (“to be in trouble”)