heilafruma

Icelandic

Etymology

From heili (“brain”) +‎ fruma (“cell”).

Noun

heilafruma f (genitive singular heilafrumu, nominative plural heilafrumur)

1. (cytology) brain cell

   Synonym: heilasella

Declension

declension of heilafruma

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heilafruma	heilafruman	heilafrumur	heilafrumurnar
accusative	heilafrumu	heilafrumuna	heilafrumur	heilafrumurnar
dative	heilafrumu	heilafrumunni	heilafrumum	heilafrumunum
genitive	heilafrumu	heilafrumunnar	heilafruma/heilafrumna	heilafrumanna/heilafrumnanna

Further reading

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