kärve

Swedish

kärvar

en kärve

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kærve, from Old Norse kerfi, kjarf, likely from Proto-Germanic *kerbą, a derivation of Proto-Germanic *krebô (“basket, bucket”). Related to karva, korv, karm. Compare Middle Dutch kerven, German kerben, Old English ceorfan. Cognate with Icelandic kerfi (“system”), Faroese kervi (“sheaf of sedge, system”).

Noun

kärve c

1. (agriculture) a sheaf

   Synonym: sädeskärve

   1. (heraldry) a garb

      Near-synonym: vase

2. (by extension) something shaped like a sheaf

Declension

Declension of kärve

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kärve	kärves
	definite	kärven	kärvens
plural	indefinite	kärvar	kärvars
	definite	kärvarna	kärvarnas

Derived terms

• halmkärve
• julkärve
• kulkärve
• kärvband
• kärvbindning
• sädeskärve
• vasskärve

See also

• kärva
• vase

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

kärve

1. definite natural masculine singular of kärv

References

• kärve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kärve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kärve in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)