hårdnackad
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hård (“hard”) + nacke (“nape (back of the neck)”) + -ad (“-ed”). Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Norwegian Nynorsk hardnakka, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), German halsstarrig etc.
Adjective
[edit]hårdnackad (not comparable)
- stubborn and adamant, stiff-necked
- hårdnackad vägran
- stubborn/adamant refusal
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hårdnackad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hårdnackad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hårdnackat | — | — |
| Plural | hårdnackade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hårdnackade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hårdnackade | — | — |
| All | hårdnackade | — | — |
| 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 | |||