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	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.

Derived terms

• skabbighet

References

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