Swedish

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Etymology

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From en +‎ -stavig.

Adjective

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enstavig (comparative enstavigare, superlative enstavigast)

  1. monosyllabic
    Antonyms: flerstavig, tvåstavig
  2. terse, curt

Declension

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Inflection of enstavig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular enstavig enstavigare enstavigast
Neuter singular enstavigt enstavigare enstavigast
Plural enstaviga enstavigare enstavigast
Masculine plural3 enstavige enstavigare enstavigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 enstavige enstavigare enstavigaste
All enstaviga enstavigare enstavigaste
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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