harig

See also: Harig and hårig

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.rəx/
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  • Hyphenation: ha‧rig

Etymology 1

From haar (“hair”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

harig (comparative hariger, superlative harigst)

  1. hairy, hirsute, covered in hair, having a lot of hair
Inflection
Inflection of harig
uninflected harig
inflected harige
comparative hariger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial harigharigerhet harigst
het harigste
indefinite m./f. sing. harigeharigereharigste
n. sing. harigharigerharigste
plural harigeharigereharigste
definite harigeharigereharigste
partitive harigsharigers—
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From haar (“dry wind”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

harig (comparative hariger, superlative harigst)

  1. (obsolete) dry and windy
  2. (uncommon) foggy, misty
Inflection
Inflection of harig
uninflected harig
inflected harige
comparative hariger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial harigharigerhet harigst
het harigste
indefinite m./f. sing. harigeharigereharigste
n. sing. harigharigerharigste
plural harigeharigereharigste
definite harigeharigereharigste
partitive harigsharigers—

Swedish

Etymology

hare (“hare”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

harig (comparative harigare, superlative harigast)

  1. scaring very easily (like a hare); fearful, cowardly, scaredy

Declension
Inflection of harig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular harig harigare harigast
Neuter singular harigt harigare harigast
Plural hariga harigare harigast
Masculine plural3 harige harigare harigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 harige harigare harigaste
All hariga harigare harigaste
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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References
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