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	superlative1
common singular	mesig	mesigare	mesigast
neuter singular	mesigt	mesigare	mesigast
plural	mesiga	mesigare	mesigast
masculine plural2	mesige	mesigare	mesigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	mesige	mesigare	mesigaste
all	mesiga	mesigare	mesigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• mesighet (“wimpiness”)

References

• mesig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mesig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mesig in Svensk ordbok (SO)