lyckosam

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lykkosamber, from Middle Low German lucksam, luckesam, equivalent to lycka +‎ -o- +‎ -sam.

Adjective

lyckosam

1. having good luck; fortunate

Declension

Inflection of lyckosam

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	lyckosam	lyckosammare	lyckosammast
neuter singular	lyckosamt	lyckosammare	lyckosammast
plural	lyckosamma	lyckosammare	lyckosammast
masculine plural2	lyckosamme	lyckosammare	lyckosammast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	lyckosamme	lyckosammare	lyckosammaste
all	lyckosamma	lyckosammare	lyckosammaste

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.

Synonyms

• tursam

References

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