djärv
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish diærver, from Old Norse djarfr, from Proto-Germanic *derbaz. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it may be related to the same stem as Old English deorfan ("to work; to act") and Lithuanian dirbti ("to work"), or Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) ("to make solid; to make fat; to feed; to nurture"). Nationalencyklopedins ordbok suggests a relation to German derb ("coarse").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛrv/
Audio (file) - Homophone: järv
Adjective
djärv (comparative djärvare, superlative djärvast)
- bold, daring, venturesome.
- Det var ett djärvt förslag.
- That was a bold suggestion.
Declension
| Inflection of djärv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | djärv | djärvare | djärvast |
| Neuter singular | djärvt | djärvare | djärvast |
| Plural | djärva | djärvare | djärvast |
| Masculine plural3 | djärve | djärvare | djärvast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | djärve | djärvare | djärvaste |
| All | djärva | djärvare | djärvaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Synonyms
- båld (archaic)
Derived terms
- djärvas ("to be daring")
- djärvhet
Further reading
- djärv in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
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