girig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish girugher, gerogher (compare Norwegian girug), to an earlier Old East Norse *girugr ← *girugʀ, potentially to a Proto-Norse *ᚷᛁᚱᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*girugaʀ); in root akin to *girį̄ +‎ *-gaz; via pattern from Old Danish girig, Middle Low German gerich, Old High German girig (compare German gierig). First recorded in the 13th century Westrogothic law (Westgöta-Lagen).

Related to Old Swedish giri (“greed, desire”), Old High German giri from Proto-Germanic *girį̄. Compare to Western Old Norse gráðugr.

Adjective

girig (comparative girigare, superlative girigast)

  1. greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)
  2. (in some compounds) eager (to have something)

Declension

Inflection of girig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular girig girigare girigast
neuter singular girigt girigare girigast
plural giriga girigare girigast
masculine plural2 girige girigare girigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 girige girigare girigaste
all giriga girigare girigaste

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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