oaktsam
Swedish
Etymology
From o- (“un-”) + aktsam (“careful, attentive”). Compare German unachtsam, Danish uagtsom, Norwegian Bokmål uaktsom.
Adjective
oaktsam (comparative oaktsammare, superlative oaktsammast)
Declension
| Inflection of oaktsam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | oaktsam | oaktsammare | oaktsammast |
| Neuter singular | oaktsamt | oaktsammare | oaktsammast |
| Plural | oaktsamma | oaktsammare | oaktsammast |
| Masculine plural3 | oaktsamme | oaktsammare | oaktsammast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | oaktsamme | oaktsammare | oaktsammaste |
| All | oaktsamma | oaktsammare | oaktsammaste |
| 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 | |||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- oaktsamhet (“carelessness; recklessness”)
- oaktsam våldtäkt (“negligent rape”)
References
- “oaktsam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
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