brysk

Danish

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco.

Adjective

brysk (neuter bryskt, plural and definite singular attributive bryske)

  1. brusque, curt, blunt

Inflection

Inflection of brysk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular brysk — —2
indefinite neuter singular brysk — —2
plural bryske — —2
definite attributive1 bryske — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

brysk m inan

  1. (Western Greater Poland) alternative form of brzask

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “brysk”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 26

Swedish

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco. Cognate of German brüsk.

Adjective

brysk (comparative bryskare, superlative bryskast)

  1. brusque, curt (rudely abrupt, unfriendly, harsh)

Declension

Inflection of brysk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular brysk bryskare bryskast
neuter singular bryskt bryskare bryskast
plural bryska bryskare bryskast
masculine plural2 bryske bryskare bryskast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bryske bryskare bryskaste
all bryska bryskare bryskaste

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.

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