polygam
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]polygam (plural polygams)
- (botany) A polygamous plant.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polygam (strong nominative masculine singular polygamer, not comparable)
- polygamous
- Antonym: monogam
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of polygam (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist polygam | sie ist polygam | es ist polygam | sie sind polygam | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | polygamer | polygame | polygames | polygame |
| genitive | polygamen | polygamer | polygamen | polygamer | |
| dative | polygamem | polygamer | polygamem | polygamen | |
| accusative | polygamen | polygame | polygames | polygame | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der polygame | die polygame | das polygame | die polygamen |
| genitive | des polygamen | der polygamen | des polygamen | der polygamen | |
| dative | dem polygamen | der polygamen | dem polygamen | den polygamen | |
| accusative | den polygamen | die polygame | das polygame | die polygamen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein polygamer | eine polygame | ein polygames | (keine) polygamen |
| genitive | eines polygamen | einer polygamen | eines polygamen | (keiner) polygamen | |
| dative | einem polygamen | einer polygamen | einem polygamen | (keinen) polygamen | |
| accusative | einen polygamen | eine polygame | ein polygames | (keine) polygamen | |
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From poly- + -gam. From Ancient Greek.
Adjective
[edit]polygam (neuter polygamt, definite singular and plural polygame)
- polygamous
- Antonym: monogam
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “polygam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]polygam (not comparable)
- polygamous
- Antonym: monogam
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of polygam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | polygam | — | — |
| Neuter singular | polygamt | — | — |
| Plural | polygama | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | polygame | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | polygame | — | — |
| All | polygama | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
[edit]- polygami (“polygamy”)
References
[edit]Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Botany
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aːm
- Rhymes:German/aːm/3 syllables
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with poly-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -gam
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives