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