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Icelandic
Adjective
meiri
- inflection of mikill:
- masculine singular comparative degree
- feminine singular comparative degree
- plural comparative degree
Japanese
Romanization
meiri
- Rōmaji transcription of めいり
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)
- comparative degree of mikill
Declension
Declension of meiri
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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meiri
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meiri
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meira
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| accusative
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meira
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meiri
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meira
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| dative
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meira
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meiri
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meira
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| genitive
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meira
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meiri
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meira
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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meiri
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meiri
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meiri
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| accusative
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meiri
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meiri
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meiri
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| dative
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meirum
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meirum
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meirum
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| genitive
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meiri
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meiri
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meiri
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Adverb
meiri
- more
Descendants
References
- “meiri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Welsh
Noun
meiri
- plural of maer (“mayor”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.