skonsam

Swedish

Etymology

skona (spare) + -sam (-some)

Adjective

skonsam (comparative skonsammare, superlative skonsammast)

  1. not damaging; gentle
    Tvålen är skonsam mot huden
    The soap is gentle on the skin

Declension

Inflection of skonsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skonsam skonsammare skonsammast
Neuter singular skonsamt skonsammare skonsammast
Plural skonsamma skonsammare skonsammast
Masculine plural3 skonsamme skonsammare skonsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skonsamme skonsammare skonsammaste
All skonsamma skonsammare skonsammaste
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

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