fjarlægri

Fjarlægri is an Icelandic adjective used as the comparative form of fjarlægur, meaning more distant or farther away. It denotes greater distance in space or time, or a higher degree of remoteness in a figurative sense. The term is used in descriptive writing, journalism, travel writing, and everyday speech to compare two or more objects, places, or moments.

Etymology and related forms: The word derives from Old Norse and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Danish fjern and Norwegian fjern, all rooted in a Proto-Germanic concept of distance. The base fjarlægur refers to being distant, and fjarlægri functions as the standard comparative form in Icelandic grammar.

Usage notes: Like many Icelandic adjectives, fjarlægri inflects for gender, number, and definiteness in consistent discourse, and appears in constructions that compare two nouns or noun phrases. It can be used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a form of the verb to be. In context, it is suitable for literal spatial descriptions (a fjarlægri staður, a more distant place) as well as metaphorical or temporal distance (a fjarlægri tími, a more distant time).

See also: fjarlægur, fjarlægð, fjarlægja. Fjarlægur is the positive adjective meaning distant, fjarlægð refers to distance, and fjarlægja is the verb “to remove” but shares the same root indicating separation or distance in broader etymology.