heili
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse heili, from Proto-Germanic *hailia-.
Noun
heili m (genitive singular heila, plural heilar)
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 |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
heili
- 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 | |
| abessive | heilittä | heileittä | |
| instructive | — | heilein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “heili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse heili (“a brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.
Pronunciation
Noun
heili m (genitive singular heila, nominative plural heilar)
Declension
Derived terms
- afturheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)
- brjóta heilann
- fornheili (paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, paleocephalon)
- framheili (forebrain, prosencephalon)
- frumheili (archencephalon)
- miðheili
- milliheili
- heilabörkur
- heiladauði
- heiladingull
- heilafruma
- heilalaus
- 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
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.
Noun
heili m
Descendants
References
- “heili”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press