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	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

• fruktsamhet c

References

• fruktsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fruktsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)