skabbig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish skabbotter. By surface analysis, skabb + -ig. Cognate of Dutch schabbig, English shabby, German schäbig.
Adjective[edit]
skabbig (comparative skabbigare, superlative skabbigast)
- mangy
- (figurative, colloquial) shabby, scruffy, (sometimes behavior-wise) gross
Declension[edit]
| 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 | |||