grabbig

Swedish

Etymology

grabb (“lad, boy”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

grabbig (comparative grabbigare, superlative grabbigast)

1. 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	superlative1
common singular	grabbig	grabbigare	grabbigast
neuter singular	grabbigt	grabbigare	grabbigast
plural	grabbiga	grabbigare	grabbigast
masculine plural2	grabbige	grabbigare	grabbigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	grabbige	grabbigare	grabbigaste
all	grabbiga	grabbigare	grabbigaste

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

• grabbig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grabbig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)