grabbig
Swedish
Etymology
grabb (“lad, boy”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
grabbig (comparative grabbigare, superlative grabbigast)
- like a stereotypical man (or all-male group) in being sexually lurid, often chauvinistic, etc.; like locker room talk
- Tonen i bastun var ofta rätt grabbig
- The tone of conversation in the sauna was often pretty locker room'ish
Declension
| Inflection of grabbig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | grabbig | grabbigare | grabbigast |
| Neuter singular | grabbigt | grabbigare | grabbigast |
| Plural | grabbiga | grabbigare | grabbigast |
| Masculine plural3 | grabbige | grabbigare | grabbigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | grabbige | grabbigare | grabbigaste |
| All | grabbiga | grabbigare | grabbigaste |
| 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
- grabbig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- grabbig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)