Swedish

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Etymology

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bita (bite) +‎ -sk (-ish)

Adjective

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bitsk (comparative bitskare, superlative bitskast)

  1. biting, snappy (tending to bite)
    en bitsk hund
    a dog that bites
  2. snappish, combative, ill-tempered
    en bitsk kommentar
    an acerbic comment
    Han är bitsk idag
    He's in a biting mood today

Declension

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Inflection of bitsk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bitsk bitskare bitskast
Neuter singular bitskt bitskare bitskast
Plural bitska bitskare bitskast
Masculine plural3 bitske bitskare bitskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bitske bitskare bitskaste
Alle bitska bitskare bitskaste
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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