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-laus

-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 -lausheila (of a brain) and -lausheilalaus (brainless)

Derived terms

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See also

  • -vana
  • -vani