dryg

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.

Adjective

dryg (masculine and feminine dryg, neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygere, indefinite superlative drygest, definite superlative drygeste)

  1. economical, lasting, going a long way
  2. demanding, tough, stiff
  3. bulky, heavy, substantial, powerful, violent
  4. coarse, crude
  5. more than, over

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.

Adjective

dryg (neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygare, indefinite superlative drygast, definite superlative drygaste)

  1. lasting, economical
  2. rough, demanding
  3. great, violent, heavy, bulky
  4. more than, over
  5. intense, harsh

References

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from drygać.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɨk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Syllabification: dryg

Noun

dryg m inan

  1. (colloquial) flair, knack
    Synonyms: biegłość, smykałka, sprawność, umiejętność, wprawa

Usage notes

Usually in the phrase mieć dryg (“to have a knack”).

Declension
Declension of dryg
singular plural
nominative dryg drygi
genitive drygu drygów
dative drygowi drygom
accusative dryg drygi
instrumental drygiem drygami
locative drygu drygach
vocative drygu drygi

Further reading
  • dryg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dryg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish drȳgher, from Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz. Cognate to Russian друг (drug, “friend”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dryːɡ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːɡ

Adjective

dryg (comparative drygare, superlative drygast)

  1. lasting, economical
    drygt diskmedel
    long-lasting (concentrated) detergent
  2. lasting, heavy
  3. annoying, especially through being (sarcastic and) condescending
    en dryg snubbe
    an annoying condescending guy
    dryga kommentarer
    annoying sarcastic comments
  4. (of a situation) annoying
  5. approximately but exceeding
    Maten är klar om en dryg halvtimme.
    The food will be ready in about half an hour.

Usage notes

Someone who is very spydig could be described as dryg, for example. Leans more towards getting annoyed or angry than getting sad, where someone might be described as elak (“mean”) instead.

Declension
Inflection of dryg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dryg drygare drygast
Neuter singular drygt drygare drygast
Plural dryga drygare drygast
Masculine plural3 dryge drygare drygast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dryge drygare drygaste
All dryga drygare drygaste
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

Further reading
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