hemtam
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hem (“home”) + tam (“tame”), from notion of an acclimated animal.
Adjective
[edit]hemtam (comparative hemtamare, superlative hemtamast)
- 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
[edit]| Inflection of hemtam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hemtam | hemtamare | hemtamast |
| Neuter singular | hemtamt | hemtamare | hemtamast |
| Plural | hemtama | hemtamare | hemtamast |
| Masculine plural3 | hemtame | hemtamare | hemtamast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hemtame | hemtamare | hemtamaste |
| All | hemtama | hemtamare | hemtamaste |
| 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 | |||