hjarni
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse hjarni (“the brain”), whence the Old Norse hjarnamænir (“the skull”) from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją, *hirsniz (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cognate with Old High German hirni (“brain”), Swedish hjärna (“brain”), Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”), and Old English hærn (“brain”) (whence English harns).
Noun
edithjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)
Usage notes
edit- A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
Declension
editDeclension of hjarni | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hjarni | hjarninn | hjarnar | hjarnarnir |
accusative | hjarna | hjarnann | hjarna | hjarnana |
dative | hjarna | hjarnanum | hjörnum | hjörnunum |
genitive | hjarna | hjarnans | hjarna | hjarnanna |
Synonyms
edit- (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili
Derived terms
edit- geimhjarni
- hjarnabörkur
- hjarnaskál
- hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
- hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
- rákahjarni (corpus striatum)
Etymology 2
editNoun
edithjarni
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *herznô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Noun
edithjarni m (genitive hjarna)
- the brain
Declension
edit Declension of hjarni (weak an-stem)
Descendants
editCategories:
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/artnɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/artnɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Computing
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- is:Brain regions
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- non:Organs
- Old Norse masculine an-stem nouns