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 Superlative2
Common singular avhållsam avhållsammare avhållsammast
Neuter singular avhållsamt avhållsammare avhållsammast
Plural avhållsamma avhållsammare avhållsammast
Masculine plural3 avhållsamme avhållsammare avhållsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 avhållsamme avhållsammare avhållsammaste
All avhållsamma avhållsammare avhållsammaste
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

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