mållaus

See also: mállaus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

mållaus (masculine and feminine mållaus, neuter mållaust, definite singular and plural mållause)

  1. alternative form of målløs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From mål (“speech”) +‎ -laus (“less”). Compare Danish målløs, Icelandic mállaus, Swedish mållös

Adjective

mållaus (neuter mållaust, definite singular and plural mållause)

  1. speechless

Etymology 2

From mål (“goal, aim”) +‎ -laus (“less”). Compare Danish målløs and Swedish mållös. This sense in Norwegian is probably newer (at least this sense is known in Swedish only from 19th century, and is neither given in the Danish Kalkar's dictionary).

Adjective

mållaus (neuter mållaust, definite singular and plural mållause)

  1. (also sports) goalless, aimless

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