spikrak

Swedish

Etymology

spik (“completely (literally "nail")”) +‎ rak (“straight”)

Adjective

spikrak (comparative spikrakare, superlative spikrakast)

  1. completely straight, straight as an arrow (not bent or curved)
  2. (figuratively) going straight towards some (desirable) place
    en spikrak karriär
    a highly successful career (going straight to the top or the like)

Declension

Inflection of spikrak
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spikrak spikrakare spikrakast
neuter singular spikrakt spikrakare spikrakast
plural spikraka spikrakare spikrakast
masculine plural2 spikrake spikrakare spikrakast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spikrake spikrakare spikrakaste
all spikraka spikrakare spikrakaste

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.

References

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