hispig
Swedish
Etymology
From hispa (“mental asylum”) + -ig (“-y”), from Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²hɪspɪ(ɡ)/
- Rhymes: -²ɪspɪɡ, -²ɪspɪ
Adjective
hispig (comparative hispigare, superlative hispigast)
- (colloquial, of a person) experiencing a fit of anxiety or prone to experiencing fits of anxiety, "hysterical"
- (colloquial, of a person) scatterbrained, crazy
- Synonym: vimsig
Declension
| Inflection of hispig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hispig | hispigare | hispigast |
| Neuter singular | hispigt | hispigare | hispigast |
| Plural | hispiga | hispigare | hispigast |
| Masculine plural3 | hispige | hispigare | hispigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hispige | hispigare | hispigaste |
| All | hispiga | hispigare | hispigaste |
| 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
- hispig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “hispig”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82
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