hämndgirig

Swedish

Etymology

hämnd (“revenge”) +‎ girig (“eager”)

Adjective

hämndgirig (comparative hämndgirigare, superlative hämndgirigast)

  1. eager to have revenge; vengeful, vindictive
    Synonym: hämndlysten

Declension
Inflection of hämndgirig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hämndgirig hämndgirigare hämndgirigast
Neuter singular hämndgirigt hämndgirigare hämndgirigast
Plural hämndgiriga hämndgirigare hämndgirigast
Masculine plural3 hämndgirige hämndgirigare hämndgirigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hämndgirige hämndgirigare hämndgirigaste
All hämndgiriga hämndgirigare hämndgirigaste
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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.