brottfall
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brottfall n (genitive singular brottfalls, nominative plural brottföll)
- elision, apocope; (the omission of a letter or syllable)
- (education) dropout
- (genetics) deficiency, deletion
- Synonym: úrfelling
- (speech pathology) omission
Declension edit
declension of brottfall
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brottfall | brottfallið | brottföll | brottföllin |
accusative | brottfall | brottfallið | brottföll | brottföllin |
dative | brottfalli | brottfallinu | brottföllum | brottföllunum |
genitive | brottfalls | brottfallsins | brottfalla | brottfallanna |
Derived terms edit
- brottfall hljóðs úr samhljóðaklasa (“cluster reduction”)
- brottfall stríðra hljóða (“stridency deletion”)
- brottfallin aðgerð (“missing operation”)
- brottfallsmerki (“cancellation mark”)