okfruma

Icelandic

Etymology

From ok (“yoke”) +‎ fruma (“cell”), a calque based on Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtós, “yoked”), whence German Zygote, English zygote and others.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːk.frʏːma/

Noun

okfruma f (genitive singular okfrumu, nominative plural okfrumur)

  1. zygote (fertilized egg cell)

Declension

Declension of okfruma (feminine, based on fruma)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative okfruma okfruman okfrumur okfrumurnar
accusative okfrumu okfrumuna okfrumur okfrumurnar
dative okfrumu okfrumunni okfrumum okfrumunum
genitive okfrumu okfrumunnar okfrumna, okfruma okfrumnanna, okfrumanna
  • okfrjóvgun (“zygotic induction”)
  • okkjarni (“zygotic nucleus”)
  • okun (“zygosis”)
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