hjarni

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈçartnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -artnɪ

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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)

  1. the cerebrum
  2. (computing, dated) computer
Usage notes
  • A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
Declension
declension of hjarni
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) hjarninn hjarnar hjarnarnir
accusative hjarna hjarnann hjarna hjarnana
dative hjarna hjarnanum hjörnum hjörnunum
genitive hjarna hjarnans hjarna hjarnanna
Synonyms
  • (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili
Derived terms
  • geimhjarni
  • hjarnabörkur
  • hjarnaskál
  • hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
  • hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
  • rákahjarni (corpus striatum)

Noun

hjarni

  1. 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)

  1. the brain

Declension
  Declension of hjarni (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) hjarninn hjarnar hjarnarnir
accusative hjarna hjarnann hjarna hjarnana
dative hjarna hjarnanum hjǫrnum hjǫrnunum
genitive hjarna hjarnans hjarna hjarnanna

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjerne
  • Elfdalian: ienne
  • Old Swedish: hiærne
  • Danish: hjerne
  • Gutnish: hjänne, hjärni
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