retlig

Swedish

Etymology

reta (“irritate”) +‎ -lig (“-able”)

Adjective

retlig (comparative retligare, superlative retligast)

  1. irritable (easily irritated)
    Synonym: lättretlig
    Hon är på retligt humör
    She's in an irritable mood
  2. (mildly) annoying (of a situation or the like)
    Synonym: förarglig

Declension
Inflection of retlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular retlig retligare retligast
Neuter singular retligt retligare retligast
Plural retliga retligare retligast
Masculine plural3 retlige retligare retligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 retlige retligare retligaste
All retliga retligare retligaste
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

References
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