stöðugra

Stöðugra is the inflected form of the Icelandic adjective stöðugur, meaning stable or steady. It expresses a comparative sense, roughly aligning with “more stable.” In standard Icelandic, the common comparative form is stöðugri; stöðugra appears in specific grammatical contexts, notably as the genitive singular masculine/neuter form of stöðugur, and it is also encountered in older texts or in more formal registers. The form can occur in compound terms or in phrases where a noun phrase governs a genitive structure.

The adjective stöðugur itself derives from a root related to stability and steadiness, and it is used across many domains, including science, engineering, economics, and everyday language, to describe reliability or consistent performance of objects, systems, or processes. Like other Icelandic adjectives, stöðugur participates in inflection to reflect gender, number, and case, with different endings for each context. Comparative and superlative forms adapt to the noun they modify, with stöðugri serving as the typical direct comparative in contemporary usage, while stöðugra may appear in specific grammatical or historical contexts.

In modern Icelandic, speakers generally prefer stöðugri for direct comparisons, reserving stöðugra for inflectional contexts, dialectal variation, or more formal/archaic language. See also stöðugur, stability, reliability.