styvnackad

Swedish

Etymology

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

styvnackad (not comparable)

  1. proud and stubborn, stiff-necked

Declension

Inflection of styvnackad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular styvnackad — —
neuter singular styvnackat — —
plural styvnackade — —
masculine plural2 styvnackade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 styvnackade — —
all styvnackade — —

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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