kärv
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þjarfr, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz. Arguably related, more distantly, to Icelandic stjarfi (“tetanus”), German sterben (“to die”), Russian терпкий (terpkij, “astringent, tart, acerbic”).
Adjective
editkärv (comparative kärvare, superlative kärvast)
Declension
edit| Inflection of kärv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kärv | kärvare | kärvast |
| Neuter singular | kärvt | kärvare | kärvast |
| Plural | kärva | kärvare | kärvast |
| Masculine plural3 | kärve | kärvare | kärvast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kärve | kärvare | kärvaste |
| All | kärva | kärvare | kärvaste |
| 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
editReferences
edit- kärv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kärv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kärv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kärv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)