kärnfull

Swedish

Etymology

From kärna (“core”) +‎ full (“full”). See kärnved (“heartwood”).

Adjective

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

Inflection of **kärnfull**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	kärnfull	kärnfullare	kärnfullast
neuter singular	kärnfullt	kärnfullare	kärnfullast
plural	kärnfulla	kärnfullare	kärnfullast
masculine plural²	kärnfulle	kärnfullare	kärnfullast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	kärnfulle	kärnfullare	kärnfullaste
all	kärnfulla	kärnfullare	kärnfullaste

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.

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