obeväpnat

Obeväpnat is a Swedish adjective meaning unarmed, used to describe persons, groups, or objects that do not carry weapons. The word is formed by adding a negation prefix o- to beväpnad (armed).

In Swedish, obeväpnat has the neuter singular form, while other gender and number forms follow standard adjective agreement: obeväpnad (en-ord, singular), obeväpnat (ett-ord, singular), obeväpnade (plural). Examples include en obeväpnad person, ett obeväpnat område, and obeväpnade enheter.

The term is common in everyday language as well as in official or descriptive contexts. It is often used to denote civilians or zones without weapons, for instance in discussions about safety, neutrality, or demilitarized areas. In international or military contexts, obeväpnat can appear in phrases describing statuses, protections, or expectations for behavior of individuals or groups lacking armaments.

Etymologically, obeväpnat derives from beväpnad (armed) with the prefix o- to express negation, mirroring similar constructions in Swedish to form antonyms. The concept is primarily linguistic and descriptive rather than normative, used to convey whether weapons are present or absent in a given subject or setting.