bóluefni

Icelandic

Etymology

From bóla (“smallpox”) +‎ efni (“material”) by comparison with bólusetja (“to vaccinate”), as the first vaccinations inoculated people against smallpox.

Noun

bóluefni n (genitive singular bóluefnis, nominative plural bóluefni)

1. (immunology) vaccine

Declension

declension of bóluefni

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóluefni	bóluefnið	bóluefni	bóluefnin
accusative	bóluefni	bóluefnið	bóluefni	bóluefnin
dative	bóluefni	bóluefninu	bóluefnum	bóluefnunum
genitive	bóluefnis	bóluefnisins	bóluefna	bóluefnanna

Related terms

• bólusetja (“to vaccinate”)
• bólusetning (“vaccination”)