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 | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sammanbiten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | sammanbitet | — | — |
| Plural | sammanbitna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | sammanbitne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sammanbitne | — | — |
| All | sammanbitna | — | — |
| 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 | |||
References
- sammanbiten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sammanbiten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)