kärnfull
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kärna (“core”) + full (“full”). See kärnved (“heartwood”).
Adjective[edit]
kärnfull (comparative kärnfullare, superlative kärnfullast)
- (of a tree or wood) having a large proportion of heartwood; pithy
- (figuratively) pithy (saying a lot in relatively few words)
- De sammanfattade det kort och kärnfullt
- They summarized it concisely and pithily
- en kärnfull mening
- a pithy sentence
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of kärnfull | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kärnfull | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
| Neuter singular | kärnfullt | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
| Plural | kärnfulla | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
| Masculine plural3 | kärnfulle | kärnfullare | kärnfullast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kärnfulle | kärnfullare | kärnfullaste |
| All | kärnfulla | kärnfullare | kärnfullaste |
| 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 | |||