mesig

Swedish

Etymology

From mes (“wimp”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

mesig (comparative mesigare, superlative mesigast)

  1. wimpy
    Jag är så mesig ― I'm such a wimp

Declension
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
  • mesighet (“wimpiness”)

References
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