torftig

== Swedish == === Etymology === Equivalent to torft +‎ -ig, from Old Swedish thorftogher, thørftugher, from Old Norse þurftugr, from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz. Cognate of Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 (þaurfts), Old Saxon thurftig, German dürftig. Doublet of tarvlig. === Adjective === torftig (comparative torftigare, superlative torftigast) skimpy, dowdy, feeble, scanty, meagre ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nödtorftig torftighet ==== Related terms ==== nödtorft tarv tarva === References === “torftig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “torftig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “torftig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) torftig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)