smert
See also: смерть
Danish
Verb
smert
- imperative of smerte
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English smeart, from Proto-West Germanic *smart, from Proto-Germanic *smartaz. Forms in -e- reflect the usual development of OE -ea- in some dialects, but are probably largely due to the influence of smerten.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smɛrt/, /smart/
Adjective
smert (plural and weak singular smerte, comparative smerter, superlative smertest)
- painful, hurtful, punishing, injurious
- difficult, troubling, distressing
- strong, aggressive
- damaging, violent, powerful, intense, raging
- (Late Middle English) quick, speedy, alert
- (rare) rough, raw
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “smert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 March 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
smert
- alternative form of smerte
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
smert f (Cyrillic spelling смерт)
- (Kajkavian) death
- Synonym: smrt
- 1936, Miroslav Krleža, Petrica i galženjaki:
- Tak je na svetu da za najvekšeg suca
smert se s kosum vre okolo smuca.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)