heili

See also: Heili, hēilí, and héili-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heili, from Proto-Germanic *hailia-.

Noun

heili m (genitive singular heila, plural heilar)

1. brain

Declension

Declension of heili
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heili	heilin	heilar	heilarnir
accusative	heila	heilan	heilar	heilarnar
dative	heila	heilanum	heilum	heilunum
genitive	heila	heilans	heila	heilanna

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Finnish

Etymology

heila +‎ -i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯li/, [ˈhe̞i̯li]
• Rhymes: -eili
• Syllabification^(key): hei‧li

Noun

heili

1. Alternative form of heila

Declension

Inflection of heili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		heili	heilit
genitive		heilin	heilien
partitive		heiliä	heilejä
illative		heiliin	heileihin
		singular	plural
nominative		heili	heilit
accusative	nom.	heili	heilit
	gen.	heilin
genitive		heilin	heilien
partitive		heiliä	heilejä
inessive		heilissä	heileissä
elative		heilistä	heileistä
illative		heiliin	heileihin
adessive		heilillä	heileillä
ablative		heililtä	heileiltä
allative		heilille	heileille
essive		heilinä	heileinä
translative		heiliksi	heileiksi
instructive		—	heilein
abessive		heilittä	heileittä
comitative		—	heileineen

Possessive forms of heili (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	heilini	heilimme
2nd person	heilisi	heilinne
3rd person	heilinsä

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heili (“a brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiːlɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiːlɪ

Noun

heili m (genitive singular heila, nominative plural heilar)

1. (anatomy) a brain

Declension

declension of heili

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heili	heilinn	heilar	heilarnir
accusative	heila	heilann	heila	heilana
dative	heila	heilanum	heilum	heilunum
genitive	heila	heilans	heila	heilanna

Derived terms

• afturheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)
• brjóta heilann
• fornheili (paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, paleocephalon)
• framheili (forebrain, prosencephalon)
• frumheili (archencephalon)
• miðheili
• milliheili
• heilabörkur
• heiladingull
• heilaþvottur
• hvelaheili (endbrain, telencephalon)
• litli heili (cerebellum)
• miðheili (midbrain, mesencephalon)
• milliheili (interbrain, diencephalon)
• mænuheili (myelencephalon)
• nýheili (neopallium)
• sjónheili (ophthalmencephalon)
• skoraheili (schizencephaly)
• stórheili (megalencephaly, macrencephaly, macrencephalia, cerebrum)
• tigulheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)

See also

• mænukylfa
• brú
• stúka
• undirstúka
• hjarni
• hvelatengsl
• miðjuskor
• felling

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.

Noun

heili m

1. brain

Descendants

• Faroese: heili
• Icelandic: heili
• Norwegian: heile

References

• “heili”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press