kärnfrisk
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kärna (“core”) + frisk (“healthy”)
Adjective
[edit]kärnfrisk (not comparable)
- (of a tree or timber) having healthy heartwood
- (figuratively) in perfect health, fit as a fiddle
- en kärnfrisk 80-åring
- an 80-year-old that's fit as a fiddle
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kärnfrisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kärnfrisk | — | — |
| Neuter singular | kärnfriskt | — | — |
| Plural | kärnfriska | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | kärnfriske | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kärnfriske | — | — |
| All | kärnfriska | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also
[edit]- frisk som en nötkärna
- kärnved (“heartwood”)