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)

  1. proud and stubborn, stiff-necked

Declension[edit]

Inflection of styvnackad
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

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