oaktsam

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Swedish

Etymology

From o- (un-) +‎ aktsam (careful, attentive). Compare German unachtsam, Danish uagtsom, Norwegian Bokmål uaktsom.

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Adjective

oaktsam (comparative oaktsammare, superlative oaktsammast)

  1. careless, heedless, inattentive

Declension

Inflection of oaktsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oaktsam oaktsammare oaktsammast
neuter singular oaktsamt oaktsammare oaktsammast
plural oaktsamma oaktsammare oaktsammast
masculine plural2 oaktsamme oaktsammare oaktsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oaktsamme oaktsammare oaktsammaste
all oaktsamma oaktsammare oaktsammaste

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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References

  • oaktsam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937