bjärt

See also: bjart

Swedish

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 superlative1
common singular bjärt bjärtare bjärtast
neuter singular bjärt bjärtare bjärtast
plural bjärta bjärtare bjärtast
masculine plural2 bjärte bjärtare bjärtast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bjärte bjärtare bjärtaste
all bjärta bjärtare bjärtaste

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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