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hjarni

hjarni

Icelandic

Noun

hjarni m ‎(genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)

(neuroanatomy) the cerebrum

Declension

declension of hjarni

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	hjarni	hjarninn	hjarnar	hjarnarnir
accusative	hjarna	hjarnann	hjarna	hjarnana
dative	hjarna	hjarnanum	hjörnum	hjörnunum
genitive	hjarna	hjarnans	hjarna	hjarnanna

Derived terms

geimhjarni
hjarnabörkur
hjarnaskál
hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
rákahjarni (corpus striatum)

Synonyms

(cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili

Usage notes

A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva ‎(“computer”) in 1965.

Etymology 2

Noun

hjarni

indefinite dative singular of hjarn

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarni ‎(“the brain”), whence the Old Norse hjarnamænir ‎(“the skull”) from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją, *hirsniz ‎(“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- ‎(“head”). Cognate with with Old High German hirni ‎(“brain”), Swedish hjärna ‎(“brain”), Latin cerebrum ‎(“brain, skull”), Ancient Greek κάρα ‎(kára, “head”), and Old English hærn ‎(“brain”) (whence English harns).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈçartnɪ/