a-mål

See also: amal, Amal, amál, and Åmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

a- +‎ mål, first part is referring to the letter A being used as a grammatical ending. Last part from Old Norse mál (“language, speech”), from Proto-Germanic *maþlą (“gathering; speech”), of *mōtaną (“to be allowed, to be permitted to, may”), from Proto-Indo-European *mōd- (“to permit, make able”), of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː.moːl/

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• Rhymes: -oːl
• Hyphenation: a-‧mål

Noun

a-mål n (definite singular a-målet, indefinite plural a-mål, definite plural a-måla or a-målene)

1. (linguistics) a Norwegian dialect with consistent use of the letter A as an ending, especially for verbs in infinitive and nominative of weak feminine nouns.

   Antonyms: e-mål, jamvektsmål, likevektsmål

   A-mål og e-mål representerer hver sin motsetning til jamvektsmål.

   "A-mål" and "e-mål" each represent the opposite of "jamvektsmål".

2. (linguistics, grammar) a Nynorsk written norm that has the suffix -a in the definite singular of strong feminine nouns and in the definite plural of strong nouns

   Antonym: i-mål

References

• “a-mål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “a-mål” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a-mål” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• låma, måla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

a-mål n (definite singular a-målet, uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Dialect in which the infinitive of verbs and/or the indefinite singular of weak feminine nouns ends in -a
2. (linguistics, grammar) A writing style of Norwegian Nynorsk using the -a ending in the definite singular of strong feminine nouns and the definite plural of strong neuter nouns.

Coordinate terms

• (dialect with infinitive and weak feminine ending): e-mål, jamvektsmål
• (dialect with definite suffix): i-mål

References

• “a-mål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• låma, måla