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.
Adjective
dyrbar (comparative dyrbarare, superlative dyrbarast)
- precious, high-end, valuable
- Synonym: värdefull
- 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 |
| 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. | |||
Derived terms
- dyrbarhet
References
- dyrbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dyrbar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dyrbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)