fruktsam
Swedish
Etymology
From frukt (“fruit”) + -sam (“-some”)
Adjective
fruktsam (comparative fruktsammare, superlative fruktsammast)
- prolific, fruitful
- Synonym: produktiv
- fertile
- Synonyms: fruktbar, fertil
Declension
| Inflection of fruktsam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fruktsam | fruktsammare | fruktsammast |
| Neuter singular | fruktsamt | fruktsammare | fruktsammast |
| Plural | fruktsamma | fruktsammare | fruktsammast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fruktsamme | fruktsammare | fruktsammaste |
| All | fruktsamma | fruktsammare | fruktsammaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Derived terms
- fruktsamhet c
References
- fruktsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fruktsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)