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)

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	Superlative²
Common singular	smärt	smärtare	smärtast
Neuter singular	smärt	smärtare	smärtast
Plural	smärta	smärtare	smärtast
Masculine plural³	smärte	smärtare	smärtast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	smärte	smärtare	smärtaste
All	smärta	smärtare	smärtaste
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

References

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

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

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