skabbig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skabbotter. By surface analysis, skabb +‎ -ig. Cognate of Dutch schabbig, English shabby, German schäbig.

Adjective

skabbig (comparative skabbigare, superlative skabbigast)

  1. mangy
  2. (figurative, colloquial) shabby, scruffy, (sometimes behavior-wise) gross

Declension
Inflection of skabbig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skabbig skabbigare skabbigast
Neuter singular skabbigt skabbigare skabbigast
Plural skabbiga skabbigare skabbigast
Masculine plural3 skabbige skabbigare skabbigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skabbige skabbigare skabbigaste
All skabbiga skabbigare skabbigaste
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

Derived terms
  • skabbighet

References
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