dristig
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Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste + -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, driste + -ig.
dristig
Inflection of dristig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | dristig | dristigere | dristigst2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | dristigt | dristigere | dristigst2 |
Plural | dristige | dristigere | dristigst2 |
Definite attributive1 | dristige | dristigere | dristigste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste + -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, drista + -ig.
dristig (comparative dristigare, superlative dristigast)
Inflection of dristig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | dristig | dristigare | dristigast |
Neuter singular | dristigt | dristigare | dristigast |
Plural | dristiga | dristigare | dristigast |
Masculine plural3 | dristige | dristigare | dristigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | dristige | dristigare | dristigaste |
All | dristiga | dristigare | dristigaste |
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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