arbetsskygg

Swedish

Etymology

From arbete (“work, job”) +‎ -s- +‎ skygg (“shy”).

Adjective

arbetsskygg (comparative arbetsskyggare, superlative arbetsskyggast)

1. (derogatory) work-shy; reluctant to get a job

Declension

Inflection of arbetsskygg

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	arbetsskygg	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggast
neuter singular	arbetsskyggt	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggast
plural	arbetsskygga	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggast
masculine plural2	arbetsskygge	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	arbetsskygge	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggaste
all	arbetsskygga	arbetsskyggare	arbetsskyggaste

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

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