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	superlative1
common singular	sjaskig	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
neuter singular	sjaskigt	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
plural	sjaskiga	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
masculine plural2	sjaskige	sjaskigare	sjaskigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sjaskige	sjaskigare	sjaskigaste
all	sjaskiga	sjaskigare	sjaskigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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)