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dyrbar

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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dyrbar (comparative dyrbarare, superlative dyrbarast)

  1. precious, high-end, valuable
    Synonym: värdefull
  2. costly, expensive
    Synonyms: dyr, dyrköpt, kostsam

Declension

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Inflection of dyrbar
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dyrbar dyrbarare dyrbarast
neuter singular dyrbart dyrbarare dyrbarast
plural dyrbara dyrbarare dyrbarast
masculine plural2 dyrbare dyrbarare dyrbarast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dyrbare dyrbarare dyrbaraste
all dyrbara dyrbarare dyrbaraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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