-laus

See also: laus and Laus

Icelandic

Suffix

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

  1. -less, free of something

Usage notes
  • 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 -laus → heila (“of a brain”) and -laus → heilalaus (“brainless”)

Derived terms
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Derived terms
  • aðburðalaus
  • aðburðarlaus
  • aðgerðalaus
  • aðgerðarlaus
  • aðgæslulaus
  • afborgunarlaus
  • afdráttarlaus
  • afdrifalaus
  • affallalaus
  • aflalaus
  • afllaus
  • afskiptalaus
  • agalaus
  • aldurlaus
  • allslaus
  • alsaklaus
  • alvitlaus
  • alvörulaus
  • amalaus
  • andlaus
  • andlitslaus
  • andskotalaus
  • andvaralaus
  • angurlaus
  • angurslaus
  • ankalaus
  • annkramalaus
  • annmarkalaus
  • arðlaus
  • arfavitlaus
  • heilalaus
  • gallalaus
  • óttalaus
  • flekklaus
  • ámælislaus

See also
  • -vana
  • -vani

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Suffix version of laus (“loose”), from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

Suffix

-laus (neuter -laust)

  1. -less, free of something, lacking something

Derived terms

See also
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