avhållsam

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Swedish

Etymology

From avhålla sig (abstain) +‎ -sam. Compare German enthaltsam.

Adjective

avhållsam (comparative avhållsammare, superlative avhållsammast)

  1. abstemious

Declension

Inflection of avhållsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular avhållsam avhållsammare avhållsammast
neuter singular avhållsamt avhållsammare avhållsammast
plural avhållsamma avhållsammare avhållsammast
masculine plural2 avhållsamme avhållsammare avhållsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 avhållsamme avhållsammare avhållsammaste
all avhållsamma avhållsammare avhållsammaste

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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