heilafruma
Icelandic
Etymology
From heili (“brain”) + fruma (“cell”).
Noun
heilafruma f (genitive singular heilafrumu, nominative plural heilafrumur)
- (cytology) brain cell
- Synonym: heilasella
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | heilafruma | heilafruman | heilafrumur | heilafrumurnar |
| accusative | heilafrumu | heilafrumuna | heilafrumur | heilafrumurnar |
| dative | heilafrumu | heilafrumunni | heilafrumum | heilafrumunum |
| genitive | heilafrumu | heilafrumunnar | heilafrumna, heilafruma | heilafrumnanna, heilafrumanna |
Further reading
- “heilafruma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)