fruktsam
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From frukt (“fruit”) + -sam (“-some”).
Adjective edit
fruktsam (comparative fruktsammare, superlative fruktsammast)
Usage notes edit
For fertile soil and the like, fruktbar (or more commonly bördig) is used.
Declension edit
| 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 | |||