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dýr

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See also: dyr and dyr-

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, plural dýr)

  1. animal

Declension

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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

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Adjective

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dýr

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

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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

  1. expensive, costly
    Synonym: kostnaðarsamur
  2. valuable, precious
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Etymology 2

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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

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dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, nominative plural dýr)

  1. animal, beast
    Synonym: skepna
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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. animal

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Descendants

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