hörsam

Swedish

Etymology

From höra (“hear”) +‎ -sam (“-some”). Compare English hearsome.

Adjective

hörsam (comparative hörsammare, superlative hörsammast)

  1. (rare) obedient

Declension

Inflection of hörsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hörsam hörsammare hörsammast
neuter singular hörsamt hörsammare hörsammast
plural hörsamma hörsammare hörsammast
masculine plural2 hörsamme hörsammare hörsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hörsamme hörsammare hörsammaste
all hörsamma hörsammare hörsammaste

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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