heyrnarlaus

Icelandic

Etymology

From heyrn (“hearing”) +‎ -laus (“-less”). Has replaced earlier daufur in regular usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheirtnarˌløyːs/

Adjective

heyrnarlaus (comparative heyrnarlausari, superlative heyrnarlausastur)

1. deaf

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlaus	heyrnarlaus	heyrnarlaust
accusative	heyrnarlausan	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlaust
dative	heyrnarlausum	heyrnarlausri	heyrnarlausu
genitive	heyrnarlauss	heyrnarlausrar	heyrnarlauss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausir	heyrnarlausar	heyrnarlaus
accusative	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlausar	heyrnarlaus
dative	heyrnarlausum	heyrnarlausum	heyrnarlausum
genitive	heyrnarlausra	heyrnarlausra	heyrnarlausra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausi	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlausa
accusative	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausa
dative	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausa
genitive	heyrnarlausa	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu
accusative	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu
dative	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu
genitive	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu	heyrnarlausu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausara
accusative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausara
dative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausara
genitive	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari
accusative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari
dative	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari
genitive	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari	heyrnarlausari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausastur	heyrnarlausust	heyrnarlausast
accusative	heyrnarlausastan	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausast
dative	heyrnarlausustum	heyrnarlausastri	heyrnarlausustu
genitive	heyrnarlausasts	heyrnarlausastrar	heyrnarlausasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausastir	heyrnarlausastar	heyrnarlausust
accusative	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausastar	heyrnarlausust
dative	heyrnarlausustum	heyrnarlausustum	heyrnarlausustum
genitive	heyrnarlausastra	heyrnarlausastra	heyrnarlausastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausasti	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausasta
accusative	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausasta
dative	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausasta
genitive	heyrnarlausasta	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu
accusative	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu
dative	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu
genitive	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu	heyrnarlausustu

Related terms

• heyrnarleysi (“deafness”)