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

See also

• färggrann (“colorful”)
• gräll (“garish”)
• spräcklig

References

• bjärt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bjärt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bjärt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)