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, feminine nominative singular of dýrur
  2. expensive, neuter nominative/accusative plural of dýrur

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiːr/
    Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. expensive, costly
  2. valuable, precious
Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýr dýr dýrt
accusative dýran dýra dýrt
dative dýrum dýrri dýru
genitive dýrs dýrrar dýrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrir dýrar dýr
accusative dýra dýrar dýr
dative dýrum dýrum dýrum
genitive dýrra dýrra dýrra
    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
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrasti dýrasta dýrasta
accusative dýrasta dýrustu dýrasta
dative dýrasta dýrustu dýrasta
genitive dýrasta dýrustu dýrasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dýrustu dýrustu dýrustu
accusative dýrustu dýrustu dýrustu
dative dýrustu dýrustu dýrustu
genitive dýrustu dýrustu dýrustu
Synonyms
  • (expensive): kostnaðarsamur
Derived terms

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
declension of dýr
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dýr dýrið dýr dýrin
accusative dýr dýrið dýr dýrin
dative dýri dýrinu dýrum dýrunum
genitive dýrs dýrsins dýra dýranna
Synonyms
Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

dýr n (genitive dýrs, plural dýr) (Old West Norse)

  1. animal

Declension
  Declension of dýr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dýr dýrit dýr dýrin
accusative dýr dýrit dýr dýrin
dative dýri dýrinu dýrum dýrunum
genitive dýrs dýrsins dýra dýranna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: dýr
  • Faroese: dýr, djór
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dyr
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