istadig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish istadhugher

Adjective

istadig (comparative istadigare, superlative istadigast)

1. stubborn, recalcitrant

Declension

Inflection of istadig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	istadig	istadigare	istadigast
Neuter singular	istadigt	istadigare	istadigast
Plural	istadiga	istadigare	istadigast
Masculine plural3	istadige	istadigare	istadigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	istadige	istadigare	istadigaste
All	istadiga	istadigare	istadigaste
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

Derived terms

• istadighet

Further reading

• istadig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• istadig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)