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.

Adjective

smärt (comparative smärtare, superlative smärtast)

1. 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 Svensk ordbok (SO)
• smärt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• smärt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)