styv

See also: styv-

Swedish edit

Used in Old Swedish. Cognate with Old Danish and Middle Low German stif, related to Latin stipes (pole, beam). The second meaning (skilled) used since 1614. From Middle Low German stīf, from Old Saxon *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp.

styv (comparative styvare, superlative styvast)

stiff; unbending, which does not easily fold
Antonym: slak

visa sig på styva linan
walk on a tightrope, show your skills
(dated) skilled at something, strong, impressive, mighty

Inflection of styv
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	styv	styvare	styvast
Neuter singular	styvt	styvare	styvast
Plural	styva	styvare	styvast
Masculine plural³	styve	styvare	styvast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	styve	styvare	styvaste
All	styva	styvare	styvaste
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