obefläckad

Swedish

Etymology

From o- +‎ befläckad

Adjective

obefläckad (not comparable)

  1. unsullied, undefiled, immaculate
    Vi tror på den obefläckade avlelsen. ― We believe in the Immaculate Conception.
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Hebreerbrevet 13:4”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 5 July 2025:
      Äktenskapet skall alltid hållas i ära och den äkta sängen bevaras obefläckad.
      Marriage should always be held in honor, and the marriage bed kept undefiled.
    • 2014 May 31, Anders Arborelius, “Jungfru Marias obefläckade hjärta”, in KatolikNu‎[2] (pdf), archived from the original on 27 June 2024, page 3:
      Franciskus vigde hela världen till Marie obefläckade hjärta i oktober förra året.
      Francis consecrated the whole world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in October of last year.

Declension

Inflection of obefläckad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular obefläckad — —
neuter singular obefläckat — —
plural obefläckade — —
masculine plural2 obefläckade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 obefläckade — —
all obefläckade — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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