Máls
Máls is a term used in Icelandic linguistics to refer to the genitive singular form of the neuter noun mál, which translates roughly as language or speech. The base mál denotes language as a system of communication, as well as matters relating to speech in general, and it features prominently in discussions of linguistics, language policy, and cultural studies in Icelandic texts.
Grammatically, mál is neuter. The form máls marks a possessive or associative relation, commonly translated as
Etymology traces mál to Old Norse mál, a cognate of related Germanic words for speech and language.