dryg
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
dryg (masculine and feminine dryg, neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygere, indefinite superlative drygest, definite superlative drygeste)
References
- “dryg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.
Adjective
dryg (neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygare, indefinite superlative drygast, definite superlative drygaste)
References
- “dryg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
dryg m inan
- (colloquial) flair, knack
- Synonyms: biegłość, smykałka, sprawność, umiejętność, wprawa
Declension
Declension of dryg
Further reading
Etymology
From Old Swedish drȳgher, from Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz. Cognate to Russian друг (drug, “friend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dryg (comparative drygare, superlative drygast)
- lasting, economical
- drygt diskmedel
- long-lasting (concentrated) detergent
- lasting, heavy
- annoying, especially through being (sarcastic and) condescending
- en dryg snubbe
- an annoying, condescending guy
- dryga kommentarer
- annoying, sarcastic comments
- (of a situation) annoying
- approximately but exceeding
- Maten är klar om en dryg halvtimme.
- The food will be ready in about half an hour.
Usage notes
Someone who is very spydig could be described as dryg, for example. Leans more towards getting annoyed or angry than getting sad, where someone might be described as elak (“mean”) instead.
Declension
| Inflection of dryg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | dryg | drygare | drygast |
| Neuter singular | drygt | drygare | drygast |
| Plural | dryga | drygare | drygast |
| Masculine plural3 | dryge | drygare | drygast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | dryge | drygare | drygaste |
| All | dryga | drygare | drygaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
Further reading
- dryg in Svensk ordbok.
- dryg in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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