sjabbig

Swedish

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from a dialectal variant of sabba (compare sjabbla). Possibly borrowed from Dutch schabbig or English shabby. Compare with origin of skabbig.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -²abɪɡ

Adjective

sjabbig (comparative sjabbigare, superlative sjabbigast)

  1. (colloquial) shabby, scruffy
    en sjabbig kvarterskrog
    a shabby neighborhood pub

Declension
Inflection of sjabbig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sjabbig sjabbigare sjabbigast
Neuter singular sjabbigt sjabbigare sjabbigast
Plural sjabbiga sjabbigare sjabbigast
Masculine plural3 sjabbige sjabbigare sjabbigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sjabbige sjabbigare sjabbigaste
All sjabbiga sjabbigare sjabbigaste
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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