dyrbar

Swedish

Etymology

Equivalent to dyr +‎ -bar, from Old Swedish dyrbar, from Middle Low German dūrbar. Cognate of Middle High German tiurbaer, German teuerbar, Dutch dierbaar, Danish dyrebar.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dyrbar (comparative dyrbarare, superlative dyrbarast)

1. precious, high-end, valuable

   Synonym: värdefull

2. costly, expensive

   Synonyms: dyr, dyrköpt, kostsam

Declension

Inflection of dyrbar
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	dyrbar	dyrbarare	dyrbarast
Neuter singular	dyrbart	dyrbarare	dyrbarast
Plural	dyrbara	dyrbarare	dyrbarast
Masculine plural3	dyrbare	dyrbarare	dyrbarast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	dyrbare	dyrbarare	dyrbaraste
All	dyrbara	dyrbarare	dyrbaraste
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

• dyrbarhet

References

• dyrbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dyrbar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dyrbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)