okfruma

Icelandic

Etymology

From ok (“yoke”) +‎ fruma (“cell”), a calque based on Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtós, “yoked”), whence German Zygote, English zygote and others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːk.frʏːma/

Noun

okfruma f (genitive singular okfrumu, nominative plural okfrumur)

1. zygote (fertilized egg cell)

Declension

Declension of okfruma (feminine, based on fruma)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	okfruma	okfruman	okfrumur	okfrumurnar
accusative	okfrumu	okfrumuna	okfrumur	okfrumurnar
dative	okfrumu	okfrumunni	okfrumum	okfrumunum
genitive	okfrumu	okfrumunnar	okfrumna, okfruma	okfrumnanna, okfrumanna

Related terms

• okfrjóvgun (“zygotic induction”)
• okkjarni (“zygotic nucleus”)
• okun (“zygosis”)