kemískum

Kemískum is Icelandic an adjective meaning "chemical" or "chemistry-related." It is one of the inflected forms of the base adjective kemískur and is used with nouns to indicate chemical properties, substances, or processes. For example, kemísk efni means chemical substances, and kemíska efnafræði refers to chemistry as a field.

Etymology and background: The word derives from kemi (chemistry) with the adjectival suffix -ískur, a common way in Icelandic to form relation-based descriptors. The term kemískur and its inflections are part of a broader family of Nordic words describing chemical concepts, reflecting shared linguistic origins as well as the scientific vocabulary borrowed and adapted over time.

Usage: Kemískum appears in contexts requiring a specific grammatical form of the adjective. It can modify nouns in phrases such as kemísk efni (chemical substances) or kemísk eiginleikar (chemical properties) when the sentence requires the corresponding case. Icelandic adjectives, including kemískur, must agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case, so kemískum will appear in certain cases where these agreements demand that form.

See also: Kemi; Efnafræði; Efni; Efnafræðilegur; Öryggisupplýsingar (safety data sheets) as they relate to handling chemical substances.