istadig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish istadhugher

Adjective

istadig (comparative istadigare, superlative istadigast)

  1. stubborn, recalcitrant

Declension

Inflection of istadig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular istadig istadigare istadigast
neuter singular istadigt istadigare istadigast
plural istadiga istadigare istadigast
masculine plural2 istadige istadigare istadigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 istadige istadigare istadigaste
all istadiga istadigare istadigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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