fleiri

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaiːɹɪ/

Adjective

fleiri

1. more, comparative degree of nógvur (many)

   alsamt fleiri ― more and more

2. several, quite a lot, many

Usage notes

• fleiri politikarar halda ― many politicians think
• fleiri ferðir ― several times

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Adjective

fleiri

1. comparative degree of margur: more (instances of something)

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *flaizô

Old Norse fleiri

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs.

Adjective

fleiri (superlative flestr)

1. comparative degree of margr
2. more, most

Declension

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

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fleiri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive