obönhörlig

Swedish

Etymology

o- (un-) + bön (prayer, plea) + höra (hear) + -lig (-ly)

Adjective

obönhörlig (comparative obönhörligare, superlative obönhörligast)

  1. that won't yield or stop (despite pleas or wishes, of a person or thing); inexorable, relentless
    Synonym: obeveklig
    Han var obönhörlig i sina hårda krav
    He was unyielding in his harsh demands

Declension

Inflection of obönhörlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular obönhörlig obönhörligare obönhörligast
Neuter singular obönhörligt obönhörligare obönhörligast
Plural obönhörliga obönhörligare obönhörligast
Masculine plural3 obönhörlige obönhörligare obönhörligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 obönhörlige obönhörligare obönhörligaste
All obönhörliga obönhörligare obönhörligaste
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

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