smert

See also: смерть

Danish

Verb

smert

1. 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

• smart, smarte, smært, smeart, smerte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɛrt/, /smart/

Adjective

smert (plural and weak singular smerte, comparative smerter, superlative smertest)

1. painful, hurtful, punishing, injurious
2. difficult, troubling, distressing
3. strong, aggressive
4. damaging, violent, powerful, intense, raging
5. (Late Middle English) quick, speedy, alert
6. (rare) rough, raw

Related terms

• smerten

Descendants

• English: smart (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: smert

References

• “smert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Etymology 2

Noun

smert

1. Alternative form of smerte

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

smert f (Cyrillic spelling смерт)

1. (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)