brottfall

Icelandic

Etymology

From brott +‎ fall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔht.fatl/

Noun

brottfall n (genitive singular brottfalls, nominative plural brottföll)

1. elision, apocope; (the omission of a letter or syllable)
2. (education) dropout
3. (genetics) deficiency, deletion

   Synonym: úrfelling

4. (speech pathology) omission

Declension

Declension of brottfall (neuter, based on fall)

	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

• brottfall hljóðs úr samhljóðaklasa (“cluster reduction”)
• brottfall stríðra hljóða (“stridency deletion”)
• brottfallin aðgerð (“missing operation”)
• brottfallsmerki (“cancellation mark”)

• stóra brottfall