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 (neuter, based on efni)
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
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