styvnackad
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||