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ordkarg

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Compound of ord (word) +‎ karg (barren).

Adjective

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ordkarg (comparative mer ordkarg, superlative mest ordkarg)

  1. taciturn; terse, concise

Declension

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Inflection of ordkarg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ordkarg mer ordkarg mest ordkarg
neuter singular ordkargt mer ordkargt mest ordkargt
plural ordkarga mer ordkarga mest ordkarga
masculine plural2 ordkarge mer ordkarga mest ordkarga
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ordkarge mer ordkarge mest ordkarge
all ordkarga mer ordkarga mest ordkarga

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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