sammanbiten
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From samman (“together”) + biten (“bitten”), from having a grim facial expression with the mouth (firmly) shut.
Adjective edit
sammanbiten (not comparable)
- (of a person or mood or the like) grave, serious (due to dealing with something difficult), (often also) resolute
Declension edit
Inflection of sammanbiten | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sammanbiten | — | — |
Neuter singular | sammanbitet | — | — |
Plural | sammanbitna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | sammanbitne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sammanbitne | — | — |
All | sammanbitna | — | — |
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 |