arfgerð

Icelandic

Etymology

From arfur (“inheritance”) and gerð (“kind, type”).

Noun

arfgerð f (genitive singular arfgerðar, nominative plural arfgerðir)

1. (genetics) a genotype, a constitution; (the combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual)

Declension

declension of arfgerð

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfgerð	arfgerðin	arfgerðir	arfgerðirnar
accusative	arfgerð	arfgerðina	arfgerðir	arfgerðirnar
dative	arfgerð	arfgerðinni	arfgerðum	arfgerðunum
genitive	arfgerðar	arfgerðarinnar	arfgerða	arfgerðanna

Synonyms

• (genotype): erfðafar, erfðagervi

Coordinate terms

• svipgerð (phenotype)
• svipfar (phenotype)

Derived terms

• arfgerðargreining (genotyping)
• framandi arfgerð (alien genotype)
• einlitna arfgerð (haplotype)
• hrein arfgerð (homozygote)

Related terms

• arfgengi (heredity)
• arfgengur (hereditary)

See also

• genamengi
• stofnerfðafræði

Further reading

• “arfgerð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)