fruktsam

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 Superlative2
Common singular fruktsam fruktsammare fruktsammast
Neuter singular fruktsamt fruktsammare fruktsammast
Plural fruktsamma fruktsammare fruktsammast
Masculine plural3 fruktsamme 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.
3) Dated or archaic

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