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styvnackad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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styvnackad (not comparable)

  1. proud and stubborn, stiff-necked

Declension

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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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