dryg

• drøy

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk dryg

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

• “dryg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

• “dryg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Deverbal from drygać.

• IPA^(key): /drɨk/

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• Rhymes: -ɨk
• Syllabification: dryg

dryg m inan

1. (colloquial) flair, knack

   Synonyms: biegłość, smykałka, sprawność, umiejętność, wprawa

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

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

• IPA^(key): /dryːɡ/

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• Rhymes: -yːɡ

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.

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.

• dryga
• dryga ut
• mjöldryga
• odryg

• dryg in Svensk ordbok.
• dryg in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)