sjabbig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Likely from a dialectal variant of sabba (compare sjabbla). Possibly borrowed from Dutch schabbig or English shabby. Compare with origin of skabbig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -²abɪɡ
Adjective
[edit]sjabbig (comparative sjabbigare, superlative sjabbigast)
- (colloquial) shabby, scruffy
- en sjabbig kvarterskrog
- a shabby neighborhood pub
Declension
[edit]| 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 | |||