mesig
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom mes (“wimp”) + -ig (“-y”).
Adjective
editmesig (comparative mesigare, superlative mesigast)
- wimpy
- Jag är så mesig ― I'm such a wimp
Declension
edit| Inflection of mesig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | mesig | mesigare | mesigast |
| Neuter singular | mesigt | mesigare | mesigast |
| Plural | mesiga | mesigare | mesigast |
| Masculine plural3 | mesige | mesigare | mesigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | mesige | mesigare | mesigaste |
| All | mesiga | mesigare | mesigaste |
| 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- mesighet (“wimpiness”)