dyr

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See also: dýr and dyr-

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old East Norse diūʀ, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa), from Proto-Germanic *deuzą.

Cognate with Swedish djur, English deer, German Tier, Dutch dier.

Noun

dyr n (singular definite dyret, plural indefinite dyr)

  1. animal, beast (as opposed to human beings, or of human beings acting brutally)
  2. (zoology) animal (a member of Animalia)
  3. (hunting) deer (a mammal of the family Cervidae)
Declension
Declension of dyr
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dyr dyret dyr dyrene
genitive dyrs dyrets dyrs dyrenes
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, cognate with Swedish dyr, English dear, German teuer, Dutch duur.

Adjective

dyr (neuter dyrt, plural and definite singular attributive dyre)

  1. expensive
  2. dear, prized
    Hendes dyreste eje.
    Her most precious possession.
Inflection
Inflection of dyr
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dyr dyrere dyrest2
Indefinite neuter singular dyrt dyrere dyrest2
Plural dyre dyrere dyrest2
Definite attributive1 dyre dyrere dyreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dyr

  1. present tense of dy

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural dura)

  1. door, doorway

Declension

Declension of dyr (plural only)
f28 plural
indefinite definite
nominative dyr dyrnar
accusative dyr dyrnar
dative durum durunum
genitive dura duranna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrr, from Proto-Germanic *duriz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dyr f pl (plurale tantum)

  1. a door, a doorway

Declension

declension of dyr
f-s3 plural
indefinite definite
nominative dyr dyrnar
accusative dyr dyrnar
dative dyrum dyrunum
genitive dyra dyranna

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. Cognate with Swedish djur, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), German Tier, Dutch dier, and English deer.

Pronunciation

Noun

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra or dyrene)

  1. an animal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr. Cognate with Swedish dyr, German teuer, Dutch duur and dier, and English dear.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrere, indefinite superlative dyrest, definite superlative dyreste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Noun

dyr n (definite singular dyret, indefinite plural dyr, definite plural dyra)

  1. an animal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse dýrr.

Adjective

dyr (neuter singular dyrt, definite singular and plural dyre, comparative dyrare, indefinite superlative dyrast, definite superlative dyraste)

  1. expensive
  2. dear
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

dȳr

  1. expensive, valuable

Declension

Declension of dȳr (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dȳr dȳr dȳrt
accusative dȳran dȳra dȳrt
dative dȳrum
dȳrom 		dȳrri
dȳrre 		dȳru
dȳro
genitive dȳrs dȳrrar dȳrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dȳrir
dȳrer 		dȳrar dȳr
accusative dȳra dȳrar dȳr
dative dȳrum
dȳrom 		dȳrum
dȳrom 		dȳrum
dȳrom
genitive dȳrra
dȳra 		dȳrra
dȳra 		dȳrra
dȳra
Declension of dȳrer (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dȳri
dȳre 		dȳra dȳra
accusative dȳra dȳru
dȳro 		dȳra
dative dȳra dȳru
dȳro 		dȳra
genitive dȳra dȳru
dȳro 		dȳra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro
accusative dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro
dative dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro
genitive dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro 		dȳru
dȳro

Descendants

  • Swedish: dyr

References

  • dyr in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dȳr, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyːr/
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  • Rhymes: -yːr

Adjective

dyr (comparative dyrare, superlative dyrast)

  1. expensive
    Synonym: kostsam
    Antonym: billig
  2. (archaic) very valuable
    Synonym: värdefull
    Antonym: billig

Declension

Inflection of dyr
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dyr dyrare dyrast
Neuter singular dyrt dyrare dyrast
Plural dyra dyrare dyrast
Masculine plural3 dyre dyrare dyrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dyre dyrare dyraste
All dyra dyrare dyraste
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

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Article

dyr (definite)

  1. the

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

dyr

  1. Soft mutation of tyr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tyr dyr nhyr thyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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