heili

See also: Heili, hēilí, and héili-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heili, from Proto-Germanic *hailia-.

Noun

heili m (genitive singular heila, plural heilar)

  1. brain

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

Noun

heili

  1. 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
instructive — heilein
abessive heilittä heileittä
comitative — heileineen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heili (“a brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈheiːlɪ/
    Rhymes: -eiːlɪ

Noun

heili m (genitive singular heila, nominative plural heilar)

  1. (anatomy) a brain

Declension
declension of heili
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heili heilinn heilar heilarnir
accusative heila heilann heila heilana
dative heila heilanum heilum heilunum
genitive heila heilans heila heilanna

Derived terms
  • afturheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)
  • brjóta heilann
  • fornheili (paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, paleocephalon)
  • framheili (forebrain, prosencephalon)
  • frumheili (archencephalon)
  • miðheili
  • milliheili
  • heilabörkur
  • heiladingull
  • 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

  1. brain

Descendants

References
  • heili in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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