hjälpsam

== Swedish == === Etymology === From hjälp (“help”) +‎ -sam (“-some”). Compare UK dialectal helpsome. === Adjective === hjälpsam (comparative hjälpsammare, superlative hjälpsammast) helpful (inclined to help; marked by trying to help) ==== Usage notes ==== For a thing being helpful, användbar (“useful”) or "till stor hjälp" (of great help) or the like is more idiomatic. Hjälpsam implies agency. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== hjälpsamhet ==== See also ==== hjälpvillig tjänstvillig === References === “hjälpsam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hjälpsam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hjälpsam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)