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hemtam

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hem (home) +‎ tam (tame), from notion of an acclimated animal.

Adjective

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hemtam (comparative hemtamare, superlative hemtamast)

  1. comfortable due to great familiarity (with a place, subject, etc.)
    Den hemliga agenten rörde sig hemtamt i finare kretsar
    The secret agent moved with ease in high society
    en hemtam miljö
    a familiar environment

Declension

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Inflection of hemtam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hemtam hemtamare hemtamast
neuter singular hemtamt hemtamare hemtamast
plural hemtama hemtamare hemtamast
masculine plural2 hemtame hemtamare hemtamast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hemtame hemtamare hemtamaste
all hemtama hemtamare hemtamaste

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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