brottfall
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brottfall n (genitive singular brottfalls, nominative plural brottföll)
- elision, apocope; (the omission of a letter or syllable)
- (education) dropout
- (genetics) deficiency, deletion
- Synonym: úrfelling
- (speech pathology) omission
Declension
[edit]| Declension of brottfall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | brottfall | brottfallið | brottföll | brottföllin |
| accusative | brottfall | brottfallið | brottföll | brottföllin |
| dative | brottfalli | brottfallinu | brottföllum | brottföllunum |
| genitive | brottfalls | brottfallsins | brottfalla | brottfallanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- brottfall hljóðs úr samhljóðaklasa (“cluster reduction”)
- brottfall stríðra hljóða (“stridency deletion”)
- brottfallin aðgerð (“missing operation”)
- brottfallsmerki (“cancellation mark”)