hjarni
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈçartnɪ/
- Rhymes: -artnɪ
Etymology 1
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 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).
Noun
hjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)
Usage notes
- A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| 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”)
Etymology 2
Noun
hjarni
- indefinite dative singular of hjarn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *herznô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Noun
hjarni m (genitive hjarna)
- the brain
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hjarni | hjarninn | hjarnar | hjarnarnir |
| accusative | hjarna | hjarnann | hjarna | hjarnana |
| dative | hjarna | hjarnanum | hjǫrnum | hjǫrnunum |
| genitive | hjarna | hjarnans | hjarna | hjarnanna |