mödosam

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mödhosamber, equivalent to möda +‎ -o- +‎ -sam. Compare Danish mødsom, Icelandic mǿðisamr, Norwegian Nynorsk mødesam, German mühsam.

Adjective

mödosam (comparative mer mödosam, superlative mest mödosam)

1. strenuous

Declension

Inflection of mödosam

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	mödosam	mer mödosam	mest mödosam
neuter singular	mödosamt	mer mödosamt	mest mödosamt
plural	mödosamma	mer mödosamma	mest mödosamma
masculine plural2	mödosamme	mer mödosamma	mest mödosamma
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	mödosamme	mer mödosamme	mest mödosamme
all	mödosamma	mer mödosamma	mest mödosamma

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.

References

• “mödosam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mödosam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mödosam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)