fruktsam

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Swedish

Etymology

From frukt (“fruit”) +‎ -sam (“-some”).

Adjective

fruktsam (comparative fruktsammare, superlative fruktsammast)

  1. prolific, fruitful
    Synonym: produktiv
  2. fertile (of a woman)
    Synonyms: fruktbar, fertil
    Antonyms: ofruktsam, steril

Usage notes

For fertile soil and the like, fruktbar (or more commonly bördig) is used.

Declension

Inflection of fruktsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fruktsam fruktsammare fruktsammast
neuter singular fruktsamt fruktsammare fruktsammast
plural fruktsamma fruktsammare fruktsammast
masculine plural2 fruktsamme fruktsammare fruktsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fruktsamme fruktsammare fruktsammaste
all fruktsamma fruktsammare fruktsammaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

References

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