oförtövad
Swedish
Etymology
o- + past participle of förtöva., known from Old Swedish ofortövadher, cognate with Middle Low German unvortogen.
Adjective
oförtövad (not comparable)
- restless, without delay, immediate
Usage notes
- Even though SAOL 13th ed. lists this as an adjective, it seems to be very uncommon in literature. Far more common is the adverb oförtövat. Hellquist describes the adverb, and mentiones the adjective at the end of the article.
Declension
| Inflection of oförtövad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | oförtövad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | oförtövat | — | — |
| Plural | oförtövade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | oförtövade | — | — |
| All | oförtövade | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
- ofördröjlig
- omedelbar
References
- oförtövad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- oförtövad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- töva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)