sällsam
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Etymology
From Middle Low German seltsam (“rare”), from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. First part is the same root as in sällan and sällsynt. Compare Dutch zeldzaam, Danish sælsom.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
sällsam (comparative sällsammare, superlative sällsammast)
Usage notes
Sometimes of negative emotions, like something "wondrously" macabre (arousing obehag without being outright shocking).
Declension
| Inflection of sällsam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sällsam | sällsammare | sällsammast |
| Neuter singular | sällsamt | sällsammare | sällsammast |
| Plural | sällsamma | sällsammare | sällsammast |
| Masculine plural3 | sällsamme | sällsammare | sällsammast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sällsamme | sällsammare | sällsammaste |
| All | sällsamma | sällsammare | sällsammaste |
| 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 | |||
References
- sällsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sällsam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sällsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- sällsam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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