kärnfull
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kärna (“core”) + full (“full”). See kärnved (“heartwood”).
Adjective
[edit]kärnfull (comparative kärnfullare, superlative kärnfullast)
- (of a tree or wood) having a large proportion of heartwood; pithy
- (figuratively) pithy (saying a lot in relatively few words)
- De sammanfattade det kort och kärnfullt
- They summarized it concisely and pithily
- en kärnfull mening
- a pithy sentence
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kärnfull | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kärnfull | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
Neuter singular | kärnfullt | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
Plural | kärnfulla | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
Masculine plural3 | kärnfulle | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | kärnfulle | kärnfullare | kärnfullaste |
All | kärnfulla | kärnfullare | kärnfullaste |
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 |