Dýrari

Dýrari is an Icelandic adjective meaning “more expensive.” It is the comparative form of dýr, which means expensive, and it is used to compare prices or costs between two or more items or situations.

In Icelandic, adjectives generally inflect for gender, number, and case, but the comparative form dýrari is the standard form for expressing higher price and is commonly used in constructions such as “X er dýrari en Y” (X is more expensive than Y). The form can appear before the noun or in predicate position after “er,” depending on the sentence structure.

Etymology and cognates: The word is derived from the adjective dýr and uses the comparative suffix -ari. It has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, including Danish dyrere and Norwegian dyrere, reflecting a common Proto-Germanic heritage.

See also: dýr (Icelandic for expensive).