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fleiri

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”).

Adjective

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fleiri

  1. more, comparative degree of nógvur (many)
  2. several, quite a lot, many

Usage notes

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“full, many”).

Adjective

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fleiri

  1. more (instances of something)

Usage notes

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  • Fleiri is used with countable words:
    fleiri kartöflur ― more potatoes
    fleiri menn ― more men
  • With uncountable words, meira should be used instead:
    meiri mat ― more food

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs.

Adjective

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fleiri (superlative flestr)

  1. comparative degree of margr
  2. more, most

Declension

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    Comparative declension of fleiri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fleiri fleiri fleira
accusative fleira fleiri fleira
dative fleira fleiri fleira
genitive fleira fleiri fleira
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fleiri fleiri fleiri
accusative fleiri fleiri fleiri
dative fleirum fleirum fleirum
genitive fleiri fleiri fleiri

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fleiri
  • Faroese: fleiri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fler, flere
  • Old Swedish: flere
  • Danish: flere

References

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  • “fleiri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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