dyngsur

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, dynga (“dung”) +‎ sur (“wet (of something that should be dry)”).

Adjective

dyngsur (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) drenched, soaking wet
    Synonym: plaskvåt
    Vi blev dyngsura
    We got drenched
    Kläderna är dyngsura
    The clothes are soaking wet

Declension

Inflection of dyngsur
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dyngsur — —
Neuter singular dyngsurt — —
Plural dyngsura — —
Masculine plural3 dyngsure — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dyngsure — —
All dyngsura — —
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

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