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 more, comparative degree of nógvur (many) alsamt fleiri ― more and more 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 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 === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flaizô. Related to Latin plūs. === Adjective === fleiri (superlative flestr) comparative degree of margr more, most ==== Declension ==== ==== 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