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.

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