tvekluven

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • tvekluvd, tveklyvd, tveklyven, tveklövd

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish tväkluvin. By surface analysis, tve- +‎ kluven.

Adjective

tvekluven (comparative mer tvekluven, superlative mest tvekluven)

  1. (figurative) ambivalent
  2. (literal) forked

Declension

Inflection of tvekluven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvekluven
neuter singular tvekluvet
plural tvekluvna
masculine plural2 tvekluvne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvekluvne
all tvekluvna

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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