begärfri

Swedish

Etymology

From begär (“desire”) +‎ -fri (“-less”).

Adjective

begärfri

1. (rare) desireless, free from desire
   • 1906, Ellen Key, Lifslinjer‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed through runeberg.org, courtesy of Västerviks Stadsbibliotek and Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2012-10-17, page 36:

     [F]astan så väl som celibatet [...] voro uttryck af österlandets längtan att nå det ideala, begärfria tillståndet.

     Fasting as well as celibacy were expressions of the Oriental longing to reach the ideal, desireless state.

   • 1941 April 24, Karin Boye, “Min håg må likna...”, in Gamla versar‎^[2], Karin Boyes efterlämnade papper, archived from the original on 2024-07-13:

     begärfri, sorgfri, öppen, mild och kärleksfull mot världen all

     desireless, worriless, open, tender and loving toward the whole world

   • 2014 February 2, Thilde Jansson, “Om jag var religiös”, in Thildes Skolblogg‎^[3], archived from the original on 2025-02-22:

     [Buddister] strävar efter att hitta en inre ro och ett begärfritt liv.

     Buddhists strive to find an inner peace and a desireless life.

Declension

Inflection of begärfri

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	begärfri	—	—
neuter singular	begärfritt	—	—
plural	begärfria	—	—
masculine plural2	begärfrie	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	begärfrie	—	—
all	begärfria	—	—

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.

Derived terms

• begärfrihet (“desirelessness”)