stiff: Difference between revisions

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Positive
stiff

Comparative
stiffer

Superlative
stiffest

Not able to be bent. <> kasa lanƙwasa. a miƙe.
my arm is stiff. <> hannūnā yā sagḕ.

the snakeskin has become stiff. <> fātàr macī̀jī tā ƙandàrē.

his fingers are stiff from the cold <> yātsunsà sun kangàrē sabṑdà sanyī
(from fear or being at attention)
he was scared stiff <> tsṑrō yā kāmā̀ shi har yā ƙamḕ

stiffen
stiff-necked (taurin kai)
10 How was Moses to deal with a people whom Jehovah himself described as stiff-necked?
10 Yaya Musa zai bi da mutanen da Jehobah da kansa ya kira masu taurin kai?

(countable) (informal) A dead body; a corpse. <> gawa.
She went to the morgue and saw some stiffs.

the corpse has gone stiff <> gāwār tā sanƙàmē

Plain form (yanzu)
stiff

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi)
stiffs

Past tense (ya wuce)
stiffed

Past participle (ya wuce)
stiffed

Present participle (ana cikin yi)
stiffing

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 # Not able to be bent. <> kasa lanƙwasa. a [[miƙe]].
 #: ''my arm is '''stiff'''.'' <> hannūnā yā '''sagḕ'''.
+#: ''the snakeskin has become '''stiff'''.'' <> fātàr macī̀jī tā '''[[ƙandare|ƙandàrē]]'''.
+#:''his fingers are '''stiff''' from the cold'' <> yātsunsà sun '''[[kangare|kangàrē]]''' sabṑdà sanyī
+#{{cx|from fear or being at attention}}
+#:''he was scared '''stiff''''' <> tsṑrō yā kāmā̀ shi har '''yā ƙamḕ'''
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 # {{countable}} {{informal}} A [[dead]] [[body]]; a [[corpse]]. <> [[gawa]].
 #: ''She went to the [[morgue]] and saw some '''stiffs'''.''
+#:''the corpse has gone stiff'' <> gāwār tā sanƙàmē
 ===Synonyms===