meiri

See also: měirì

Icelandic

Adjective

meiri

1. inflection of mikill:
   1. masculine singular comparative degree
   2. feminine singular comparative degree
   3. plural comparative degree

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Japanese

Romanization

meiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of めいり

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old English māra (English more), Old Frisian māra (West Frisian mear), Old Saxon mēro (Low German mehr), Dutch meer, Old High German mēro (German mehr), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adjective

meiri (superlative mestr)

1. comparative degree of mikill

Declension

    Declension of meiri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	meiri	meiri	meira
accusative	meira	meiri	meira
dative	meira	meiri	meira
genitive	meira	meiri	meira
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	meiri	meiri	meiri
accusative	meiri	meiri	meiri
dative	meirum	meirum	meirum
genitive	meiri	meiri	meiri

Adverb

meiri

1. more

Descendants

• Icelandic: meiri, meira, meir
• Faroese: meiri, meira
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meir
• Norwegian Bokmål: mer, mere
• Swedish: mera
• Danish: mere

References

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

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Welsh

Noun

meiri

1. plural of maer

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
meiri	feiri	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.