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==Icelandic==
==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|non|-lauss}}, from {{der|is|gem-pro|*-lausaz}}, from {{m|gem-pro|*lausaz|t=loose, free}}. Cognate with {{cog|da|-løs}}, {{cog|nn|-laus}}, {{cog|sv|-lös}}, {{cog|en|-less}} and {{cog|de|-los}}.


===Suffix===
===Suffix===
{{head|is|suffix|feminine|-laus|neuter|-laust|comparative|-lausari|superlative|-lausastur}}
'''-laus''' {{m|f}}, [[-laust]] {{n}}


# [[-less]], [[free]] of something
# [[-less]], [[free]] of something


====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
* The suffix '''-laus''' is most often used combined with a {{gen}} {{singular}} form or the stem of a word, meaning "free of [word in genitive] ''e.g.'':
* The suffix '''-laus''' is most often used combined with a genitive form or the stem of a word, meaning "free of something" ''e.g.'':
*: genitive of {{m|is|heili||a brain}} and '''-laus''' → {{m|is|heila||of a brain}} and '''-laus''' → {{m|is|heilalaus|heila'''laus'''|brain'''less'''}}
*: the {{gen}} of ''[[heili]]'' (meaning "[[brain]]") is ''[[heila]]''

*:: ''[[heila]]'' + '''-laus'''
====Inflection====
*:: which becomes ''[[heilalaus]]'' meaning "[[brainless]]"
{{is-decl-adj-1|-l|au|s}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|is}}
* [[aðburðalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aðburðalaust]] {{n}}
{{der-top}}
* [[aðburðarlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aðburðarlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aðburðalaus}}
* [[aðgerðalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aðgerðalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aðburðarlaus}}
* [[aðgerðarlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aðgerðarlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aðgerðalaus}}
* [[aðgæslulaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aðgæslulaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aðgerðarlaus}}
* [[afborgunarlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[afborgunarlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aðgæslulaus}}
* [[afdráttarlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[afdráttarlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|afborgunarlaus}}
* [[afdrifalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[afdrifalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|afdráttarlaus}}
* [[affallalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[affallalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|afdrifalaus}}
* [[aflalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aflalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|affallalaus}}
* [[afllaus]] {{m|f}}, [[afllaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aflalaus}}
* [[afskiptalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[afskiptalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|afllaus}}
* [[agalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[agalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|afskiptalaus}}
* [[aldurlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[aldurlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|agalaus}}
* [[allslaus]] {{m|f}}, [[allslaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|aldurlaus}}
* [[alsaklaus]] {{m|f}}, [[alsaklaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|allslaus}}
* [[alvitlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[alvitlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|alsaklaus}}
* [[alvörulaus]] {{m|f}}, [[alvörulaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|alvitlaus}}
* [[amalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[amalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|alvörulaus}}
* [[andlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[andlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|amalaus}}
* [[andlitslaus]] {{m|f}}, [[andlitslaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|andlaus}}
* [[andskotalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[andskotalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|andlitslaus}}
* [[andvaralaus]] {{m|f}}, [[andvaralaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|andskotalaus}}
* [[angurlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[angurlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|andvaralaus}}
* [[angurslaus]] {{m|f}}, [[angurslaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|angurlaus}}
* [[ankalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[ankalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|angurslaus}}
* [[annkramalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[annkramalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|ankalaus}}
* [[annmarkalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[annmarkalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|annkramalaus}}
* [[arðlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[arðlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|annmarkalaus}}
* [[augnalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[augnalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|arðlaus}}
* [[arfavitlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[arfavitlaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|arfavitlaus}}
* [[fjalllaus]] {{m|f}}, [[fjalllaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|heilalaus}}
* [[heilalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[heilalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|gallalaus}}
* [[efalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[efalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|óttalaus}}
* [[gallalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[gallalaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|flekklaus}}
* [[neflaus]] {{m|f}}, [[neflaust]] {{n}}
* {{l|is|ámælislaus}}
* [[óttalaus]] {{m|f}}, [[óttalaust]] {{n}}
{{der-bottom}}
* [[flekklaus]] {{m|f}}, [[flekklaus]] {{m}}
* [[ámælislaus]] {{m|f}}, [[ámælislaust]] {{n}}
* [[hóflaus]] {{m|f}}, [[hóflaust]] {{n}}
* [[virðingarlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[virðingarlaust]] {{n}}
* [[vitlaus]] {{m|f}}, [[vitlaust]] {{n}}
* [[saklaus]] {{m|f}}, [[saklaust]] {{n}}


====See also====
[[Category:Icelandic suffixes|laus]]
* {{l|is|-vana}}
* {{l|is|-vani}}

Latest revision as of 08:52, 27 November 2023

See also: laus and Laus

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -lauss, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (loose, free). Cognate with Danish -løs, Norwegian Nynorsk -laus, Swedish -lös, English -less and German -los.

Suffix

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-laus (feminine -laus, neuter -laust, comparative -lausari, superlative -lausastur)

  1. -less, free of something

Usage notes

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  • The suffix -laus is most often used combined with a genitive form or the stem of a word, meaning "free of something" e.g.:
    genitive of heili (a brain) and -lausheila (of a brain) and -lausheilalaus (brainless)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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See also

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