skabbig

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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 superlative1
common singular skabbig skabbigare skabbigast
neuter singular skabbigt skabbigare skabbigast
plural skabbiga skabbigare skabbigast
masculine plural2 skabbige skabbigare skabbigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skabbige skabbigare skabbigaste
all skabbiga skabbigare skabbigaste

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.

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