endalaus

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse endalauss, from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz. Equivalent to endir +‎ -laus. Cognate with Danish endeløs, Swedish ändlös and English endless.

Adjective

endalaus (comparative endalausari, superlative endalausastur)

1. endless, eternal

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalaus	endalaus	endalaust
accusative	endalausan	endalausa	endalaust
dative	endalausum	endalausri	endalausu
genitive	endalauss	endalausrar	endalauss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausir	endalausar	endalaus
accusative	endalausa	endalausar	endalaus
dative	endalausum	endalausum	endalausum
genitive	endalausra	endalausra	endalausra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausi	endalausa	endalausa
accusative	endalausa	endalausu	endalausa
dative	endalausa	endalausu	endalausa
genitive	endalausa	endalausu	endalausa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausu	endalausu	endalausu
accusative	endalausu	endalausu	endalausu
dative	endalausu	endalausu	endalausu
genitive	endalausu	endalausu	endalausu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausara
accusative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausara
dative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausara
genitive	endalausari	endalausari	endalausara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausari
accusative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausari
dative	endalausari	endalausari	endalausari
genitive	endalausari	endalausari	endalausari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausastur	endalausust	endalausast
accusative	endalausastan	endalausasta	endalausast
dative	endalausustum	endalausastri	endalausustu
genitive	endalausasts	endalausastrar	endalausasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausastir	endalausastar	endalausust
accusative	endalausasta	endalausastar	endalausust
dative	endalausustum	endalausustum	endalausustum
genitive	endalausastra	endalausastra	endalausastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausasti	endalausasta	endalausasta
accusative	endalausasta	endalausustu	endalausasta
dative	endalausasta	endalausustu	endalausasta
genitive	endalausasta	endalausustu	endalausasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	endalausustu	endalausustu	endalausustu
accusative	endalausustu	endalausustu	endalausustu
dative	endalausustu	endalausustu	endalausustu
genitive	endalausustu	endalausustu	endalausustu

Further reading

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