skorvig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish skorvotter. By surface analysis, skorv +‎ -ig. Cognate of Danish skurvet, Old Norse skurfóttr, Norwegian skurvet, German schorfig, English scurfy.

Adjective

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skorvig (comparative skorvigare, superlative skorvigast)

  1. scurvy, scurfy
  2. rough, uneven, crusted

Declension

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Inflection of skorvig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skorvig skorvigare skorvigast
Neuter singular skorvigt skorvigare skorvigast
Plural skorviga skorvigare skorvigast
Masculine plural3 skorvige skorvigare skorvigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skorvige skorvigare skorvigaste
All skorviga skorvigare skorvigaste
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

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