UrsprungFrom Old Swedish kærve, from Old Norse kerfi, kjarf, likely from Proto-Germanic *kerbą, a derivation of Proto-Germanic *krebô (“basket, bucket”). Related to karva, korv, karm. Compare Middle Dutch kerven, German kerben, Old English ceorfan. Cognate with Icelandic kerfi (“system”), Faroese kervi (“sheaf of sedge, system”).
- common-gendera sheaf
- common-gendera garb
- broadly, common-gendersomething shaped like a sheaf
- definite, form-of, masculine, natural, singulardefinite natural masculine singular of kärv
Formerkärve(indefinite, nominative, singular) · kärves(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kärven(definite, nominative, singular) · kärvens(definite, genitive, singular) · kärvar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · kärvars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · kärvarna(definite, nominative, plural) · kärvarnas(definite, genitive, plural)
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