arfgerð

Icelandic

Etymology

From arfur (“inheritance”) and gerð (“kind, type”).

Noun

arfgerð f (genitive singular arfgerðar, nominative plural arfgerðir)

1. (genetics) a genotype, a constitution; (the combination of alleles, situated on corresponding chromosomes, that determines a specific trait of an individual)

Declension

Declension of arfgerð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfgerð	arfgerðin	arfgerðir	arfgerðirnar
accusative	arfgerð	arfgerðina	arfgerðir	arfgerðirnar
dative	arfgerð	arfgerðinni	arfgerðum	arfgerðunum
genitive	arfgerðar	arfgerðarinnar	arfgerða	arfgerðanna

Synonyms

• (genotype): erfðafar, erfðagervi

Coordinate terms

• svipgerð (phenotype)
• svipfar (phenotype)

Derived terms

• arfgerðargreining (genotyping)
• framandi arfgerð (alien genotype)
• einlitna arfgerð (haplotype)
• hrein arfgerð (homozygote)

Related terms

• arfgengi (heredity)
• arfgengur (hereditary)

See also

• genamengi
• stofnerfðafræði

Further reading

• “arfgerð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)