sträv
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from older Low German stref.
Adjective edit
sträv
- rough, coarse, harsh, raspy (not smooth to the touch, of a surface, or figuratively)
- Snigeln slickade på mig med sin sträva tunga
- The snail licked me with its raspy tongue
- sträv some sandpapper
- rough like sandpaper
- Hennes röst var sträv
- Her voice was rough
- sträv smak
- astringent taste
Declension edit
| Inflection of sträv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | sträv | strävare | strävast |
| Neuter singular | strävt | strävare | strävast |
| Plural | sträva | strävare | strävast |
| Masculine plural3 | sträve | strävare | strävast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sträve | strävare | strävaste |
| All | sträva | strävare | strävaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- sträv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sträv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sträv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)