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

• djór

Derived terms

• dýraslag
• dýraætt
• lindýr
• skordýr
• skeldýr

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

• rándýr
• dýrkeyptur
• Dýrmundur

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

• (animal): skepna

Derived terms

• skordýr
• húsdýr
• spendýr
• froskdýr
• skrápdýr
• villidýr
• hreindýr
• tígrisdýr
• nagdýr
• gæludýr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• diūʀ — East Norse
• djór

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
• Norwegian Bokmål: dyr