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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)
- proud and stubborn, stiff-necked
Declension
| Inflection of styvnackad
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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styvnackad
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| Neuter singular
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styvnackat
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| Plural
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styvnackade
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| Masculine plural3
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styvnackade
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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styvnackade
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| All
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styvnackade
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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
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