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Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
mållaus (masculine and feminine mållaus, neuter mållaust, definite singular and plural mållause)
- 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)
- 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)
- (also sports) goalless, aimless
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