a-mål

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See also: amal, Amal, amál, and Åmål

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ɑː.moːl/
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  • Rhymes: -oːl
  • Hyphenation: a-‧mål

Noun

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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

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Noun

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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.

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