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.^[1]

Adjective

smärt (comparative smärtare, superlative smärtast)

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	superlative¹
common singular	smärt	smärtare	smärtast
neuter singular	smärt	smärtare	smärtast
plural	smärta	smärtare	smärtast
masculine plural²	smärte	smärtare	smärtast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	smärte	smärtare	smärtaste
all	smärta	smärtare	smärtaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

^ “smärt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937

[1] “smärt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937

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