dýr

• IPA^(key): /tʊiːjɹ/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːjɹ

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, plural dýr)

1. animal

• djór

• dýraslag
• dýraætt
• lindýr
• skordýr
• skeldýr

dýr

1. expensive, female nominative singular form of dýrur
2. expensive, neuter nominative and accusative plural form of dýrur

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

  Rhymes: -iːr

From Old Norse dýrr from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz, whence also Old English dēore (English dear), Old High German tiuri. Cognates with Danish dyr, Faroese dýrur, Norwegian Bokmål dyr and Swedish dyr.

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

1. expensive, costly
2. valuable, precious

• rándýr
• dýrkeyptur
• Dýrmundur

• (expensive): ^def. kostnaðarsamur

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).

dýr n (genitive singular dýrs, nominative plural dýr)

1. animal, beast

• (animal): skepna

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