skyndsam

Swedish

Etymology

From skynda (“hurry”) +‎ -sam (“-some”)

Adjective

skyndsam (comparative skyndsammare, superlative skyndsammast)

  1. hasty, prompt
    Synonyms: rask, brådskande, snabb
    Antonym: långsam

Declension
Inflection of skyndsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skyndsam skyndsammare skyndsammast
Neuter singular skyndsamt skyndsammare skyndsammast
Plural skyndsamma skyndsammare skyndsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skyndsamme skyndsammare skyndsammaste
All skyndsamma skyndsammare skyndsammaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms
  • skyndsamhet c

References
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