smärt

See also: smart, Smart, SMART, and S.M.A.R.T.

Swedish

Etymology

Apparently from the same origin as smärta (“a pain, ache, suffering”). Compare the semantic shift with both "clever" and "pain" in English smart.[1]

Adjective

smärt (comparative smärtare, superlative smärtast)

  1. slender, slim, lean ((healthily) thin)
    Synonym: slank
    vara smärt om midjan
    have a slender waist
    (literally, “be slender about the waist”)
    smärt och smidig
    slender and agile, slim and fit

Declension

Inflection of smärt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular smärt smärtare smärtast
neuter singular smärt smärtare smärtast
plural smärta smärtare smärtast
masculine plural2 smärte smärtare smärtast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 smärte smärtare smärtaste
all smärta smärtare smärtaste

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

  1. ^ “smärt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[1] (in Swedish), 1937
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