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 containing both "clever" and "pain" found in English smart.[1]

Adjective

smärt (comparative smärtare, superlative smärtast)

  1. lean, slender
    smärt och smidig
    slender and agile, slim and fit
    Synonym: slank

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

Further reading
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