tajt

Maltese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tajt/
  • Homophone: tgħid (one pronunciation)

Verb

tajt

  1. first/second-person singular perfect of ta

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English tight. First attested in 1968. Doublet of tät.

Adjective

tajt (comparative tajtare, superlative tajtast)

  1. tight (of clothing)
    Synonyms: åtsittande, snäv, stram, åtsmitande
    tajta jeans
    tight jeans
  2. tight (of a schedule, finances, or the like)
    Synonyms: pressad, snäv
    ett tajt schema
    a tight schedule
    Det är rätt tajt just nu, så jag lever på blodpudding och potatis
    Things are pretty tight right now, so I'm living on blood pudding [very cheap] and potatoes
  3. tight, close-knit, tight-knit (having a strong social bond)
    Synonyms: (close) nära, (of a group) sammansvetsad
    Jag och Margit har alltid varit väldigt tajta
    Me and Margit have always been very tight
    Vi är ett tajt gäng som har kul ihop
    We are a close-knit group who have fun together
  4. tight (accurate in execution, containing little extraneous material, or the like)
    Görans gitarrspel är väldigt tajt
    Göran's guitar playing is very tight
    en tajt show
    a tight show

Declension
Inflection of tajt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tajt tajtare tajtast
Neuter singular tajt tajtare tajtast
Plural tajta tajtare tajtast
Masculine plural3 tajte tajtare tajtast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tajte tajtare tajtaste
All tajta tajtare tajtaste
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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