sjabbig

Swedish

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

sjabbig (comparative sjabbigare, superlative sjabbigast)

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

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