arbetsam

Swedish

Etymology

From arbete (“work”) +‎ -sam.

Adjective

arbetsam (comparative arbetsammare, superlative arbetsammast)

1. diligent, hardworking

Declension

Inflection of arbetsam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	arbetsam	arbetsammare	arbetsammast
Neuter singular	arbetsamt	arbetsammare	arbetsammast
Plural	arbetsamma	arbetsammare	arbetsammast
Masculine plural3	arbetsamme	arbetsammare	arbetsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	arbetsamme	arbetsammare	arbetsammaste
All	arbetsamma	arbetsammare	arbetsammaste
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

Synonyms

• flitig

References

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