hjarni

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarni (“the brain”), 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

   Synonyms: stóri heili, stórheili

2. (computing, dated) computer

Usage notes

• A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.

Declension

Declension of hjarni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjarni	hjarninn	hjarnar	hjarnarnir
accusative	hjarna	hjarnann	hjarna	hjarnana
dative	hjarna	hjarnanum	hjörnum	hjörnunum
genitive	hjarna	hjarnans	hjarna	hjarnanna

Derived terms

• geimhjarni
• hjarnabörkur
• hjarnaskál
• hjarnavængir (“corpus striatum”)
• hvelatengslalaus hjarni (“cerebrum acallosale”)
• rákahjarni (“corpus striatum”)

Etymology 2

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	hjarni	hjarninn	hjarnar	hjarnarnir
accusative	hjarna	hjarnann	hjarna	hjarnana
dative	hjarna	hjarnanum	hjǫrnum	hjǫrnunum
genitive	hjarna	hjarnans	hjarna	hjarnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjarni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjerne
• Elfdalian: ienne
• Old Swedish: hiærne
  • Swedish: hjärna (from oblique)
• Danish: hjerne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjerne
• Gutnish: hjänne, hjärni