kärv

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þjarfr, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz. Arguably related, more distantly, to Icelandic stjarfi (“tetanus”), German sterben (“to die”), Russian терпкий (terpkij, “astringent, tart, acerbic”).

Adjective

kärv (comparative kärvare, superlative kärvast)

  1. harsh, rough, rugged
    Synonyms: sträv, karg, butter
  2. (figuratively) harsh, difficult (of a situation)

Declension

Inflection of kärv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kärv kärvare kärvast
Neuter singular kärvt kärvare kärvast
Plural kärva kärvare kärvast
Masculine plural3 kärve kärvare kärvast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kärve kärvare kärvaste
All kärva kärvare kärvaste
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

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