alvörulaus

Icelandic

Etymology

From alvara (“earnestness”) +‎ -laus (“-less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalvœːrʏˌløyːs/

Adjective

alvörulaus (comparative alvörulausari, superlative alvörulausastur)

1. frivolous, carefree

   Synonyms: kvíðalaus, léttúðugur, léttúðarfullur

Declension

positive forms of alvörulaus

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulaus	alvörulaus	alvörulaust
	accusative	alvörulausan	alvörulausa
	dative	alvörulausum	alvörulausri	alvörulausu
	genitive	alvörulauss	alvörulausrar	alvörulauss
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulausir	alvörulausar	alvörulaus
	accusative	alvörulausa
	dative	alvörulausum
	genitive	alvörulausra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulausi	alvörulausa	alvörulausa
	acc/dat/gen	alvörulausa	alvörulausu
	plural (all-case)	alvörulausu

comparative forms of alvörulaus

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	alvörulausari	alvörulausari	alvörulausara
	plural (all-case)	alvörulausari

superlative forms of alvörulaus

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulausastur	alvörulausust	alvörulausast
	accusative	alvörulausastan	alvörulausasta
	dative	alvörulausustum	alvörulausastri	alvörulausustu
	genitive	alvörulausasts	alvörulausastrar	alvörulausasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulausastir	alvörulausastar	alvörulausust
	accusative	alvörulausasta
	dative	alvörulausustum
	genitive	alvörulausastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	alvörulausasti	alvörulausasta	alvörulausasta
	acc/dat/gen	alvörulausasta	alvörulausustu
	plural (all-case)	alvörulausustu

Further reading

• “alvörulaus” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)