slitsam
Swedish
Etymology
slita + -sam
Adjective
slitsam (comparative slitsammare, superlative slitsammast)
- industrious, hardworking
- Synonym: arbetsam
- exhausting, gruelling, strenuous
- Synonym: mödosam
Declension
| Inflection of slitsam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | slitsam | slitsammare | slitsammast |
| Neuter singular | slitsamt | slitsammare | slitsammast |
| Plural | slitsamma | slitsammare | slitsammast |
| Masculine plural3 | slitsamme | slitsammare | slitsammast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | slitsamme | slitsammare | slitsammaste |
| All | slitsamma | slitsammare | slitsammaste |
| 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 | |||
References
- slitsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- slitsam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- slitsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)