bóluefni

Icelandic

Etymology

From bóla (“smallpox”) +‎ efni (“material”) by comparison with bólusetja (“to vaccinate”), as the first vaccinations inoculated people against smallpox.

Noun

bóluefni n (genitive singular bóluefnis, nominative plural bóluefni)

1. (immunology) vaccine

Declension

Declension of bóluefni (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bóluefni	bóluefnið	bóluefni	bóluefnin
accusative	bóluefni	bóluefnið	bóluefni	bóluefnin
dative	bóluefni	bóluefninu	bóluefnum	bóluefnunum
genitive	bóluefnis	bóluefnisins	bóluefna	bóluefnanna

Related terms

• bólusetja (“to vaccinate”)
• bólusetning (“vaccination”)