lyhörd
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Danish lydhør, a compound of lyd (“sound”) + hør (“hear”).
Adjective[edit]
lyhörd (comparative lyhördare, superlative lyhördast)
- with a keen ear
- (figurative) perceptive, perspicacious
- Antonym: självrådig
- not soundproof (so that neighbors (too) easily can be heard) (of an apartment or the like)
- Antonym: ljudisolerad
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of lyhörd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lyhörd | lyhördare | lyhördast |
| Neuter singular | lyhört | lyhördare | lyhördast |
| Plural | lyhörda | lyhördare | lyhördast |
| Masculine plural3 | lyhörde | lyhördare | lyhördast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | lyhörde | lyhördare | lyhördaste |
| All | lyhörda | lyhördare | lyhördaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- lyhörd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lyhörd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lyhörd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lyhörd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)