styvnackad
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
styv (“stiff”) + nacke (“nape (back of the neck)”) + -ad (“-ed”), Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33), see also hårdnackad. Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk stivnakka and English stiff-necked
Adjective[edit]
styvnackad (not comparable)
- proud and stubborn, stiff-necked
Declension[edit]
Inflection of styvnackad | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | styvnackad | — | — |
Neuter singular | styvnackat | — | — |
Plural | styvnackade | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | styvnackade | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | styvnackade | — | — |
All | styvnackade | — | — |
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 |