sjaskig

Swedish

Etymology

sjaska +‎ -ig. Compare Danish sjusket.

Adjective

sjaskig (comparative sjaskigare, superlative sjaskigast)

1. shabby, dowdy, sleazy

Declension

Inflection of sjaskig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sjaskig	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
Neuter singular	sjaskigt	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
Plural	sjaskiga	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
Masculine plural3	sjaskige	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sjaskige	sjaskigare	sjaskigaste
All	sjaskiga	sjaskigare	sjaskigaste
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

References

• sjaskig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sjaskig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sjaskig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sjaskig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)