spikrak
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
spik (“completely (literally "nail")”) + rak (“straight”)
Adjective[edit]
spikrak (comparative spikrakare, superlative spikrakast)
- completely straight, straight as an arrow (not bent or curved)
- (figuratively) going straight towards some (desirable) place
- en spikrak karriär
- a highly successful career (going straight to the top or the like)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of spikrak | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spikrak | spikrakare | spikrakast |
| Neuter singular | spikrakt | spikrakare | spikrakast |
| Plural | spikraka | spikrakare | spikrakast |
| Masculine plural3 | spikrake | spikrakare | spikrakast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spikrake | spikrakare | spikrakaste |
| All | spikraka | spikrakare | spikrakaste |
| 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 | |||