dýr

See also: dyr and dyr-

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊiːjɹ/
    Rhymes: -ʊiːjɹ

Noun

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, plural dýr)

  1. animal

Declension

Declension of dýr
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dýr dýrið dýr dýrini
accusative dýr dýrið dýr dýrini
dative dýri dýrinum dýrum dýrunum
genitive dýrs dýrsins dýra dýranna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

dýr

  1. expensive, female nominative singular form of dýrur
  2. expensive, neuter nominative and accusative plural form of dýrur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːr/
    Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dýrr from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, whence also Old English dēore (English dear), Old High German tiuri. Cognates with Danish dyr, Faroese dýrur, Norwegian dyr and Swedish dyr.

Adjective

dýr (comparative dýrari, superlative dýrastur) or dýr (comparative dýrri, superlative dýrstur)

  1. expensive, costly
  2. valuable, precious
Inflection
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýri dýra dýra
accusative dýra dýru dýra
dative dýra dýru dýra
genitive dýra dýru dýra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýru dýru dýru
accusative dýru dýru dýru
dative dýru dýru dýru
genitive dýru dýru dýru
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrari dýrari dýrara
accusative dýrari dýrari dýrara
dative dýrari dýrari dýrara
genitive dýrari dýrari dýrara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrari dýrari dýrari
accusative dýrari dýrari dýrari
dative dýrari dýrari dýrari
genitive dýrari dýrari dýrari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrastur dýrust dýrast
accusative dýrastan dýrasta dýrast
dative dýrustum dýrastri dýrustu
genitive dýrasts dýrastrar dýrasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrastir dýrastar dýrust
accusative dýrasta dýrastar dýrust
dative dýrustum dýrustum dýrustum
genitive dýrastra dýrastra dýrastra
Derived terms
Synonyms
  • (expensive): def. kostnaðarsamur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą. Cognate with Faroese dýr, Danish dyr, Swedish djur, Old English dēor (> English deer), Old High German tior (> German Tier).

Noun

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, nominative plural dýr)

  1. animal, beast
Declension

Synonyms

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