bjärt

See also: bjart

Swedish
en bjärt guldfasan
en hawaiiskjorta i bjärta färger

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish biærter, from Old Norse bjartr.

Adjective

bjärt (comparative bjärtare, superlative bjärtast)

  1. bright and colorful (especially, having areas of sharply contrasting colors, like for example some exotic birds)
  2. (figuratively) stark (contrast)
    Hans agerande står i bjärt kontrast mot hans påstådda värderingar
    His actions stand in stark contrast to his alleged values

Declension
Inflection of bjärt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bjärt bjärtare bjärtast
Neuter singular bjärt bjärtare bjärtast
Plural bjärta bjärtare bjärtast
Masculine plural3 bjärte bjärtare bjärtast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bjärte bjärtare bjärtaste
All bjärta bjärtare bjärtaste
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

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