sammanbiten

Swedish

Etymology

From samman (“together”) +‎ biten (“bitten”), from having a grim facial expression with the mouth (firmly) shut.

Adjective

sammanbiten (not comparable)

(of a person or mood or the like) grave, serious (due to dealing with something difficult), (often also) resolute

Declension

Inflection of **sammanbiten**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	sammanbiten	—	—
neuter singular	sammanbitet	—	—
plural	sammanbitna	—	—
masculine plural²	sammanbitne	—	—

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	sammanbitne	—	—
all	sammanbitna	—	—

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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