bitsk

Swedish

Etymology

bita (“bite”) +‎ -sk (“-ish”)

Adjective

bitsk (comparative bitskare, superlative bitskast)

biting, snappy (tending to bite)
en bitsk hund
a dog that bites
snappish, combative, ill-tempered
en bitsk kommentar
an acerbic comment

Han är bitsk idag
He's in a biting mood today

Declension

Inflection of **bitsk**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	bitsk	bitskare	bitskast
neuter singular	bitskt	bitskare	bitskast
plural	bitska	bitskare	bitskast
masculine plural²	bitske	bitskare	bitskast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	bitske	bitskare	bitskaste
all	bitska	bitskare	bitskaste

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.

References

“bitsk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“bitsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“bitsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)