Icelandic

Noun

brottfall n ‎(genitive singular brottfalls, nominative plural brottföll)

1. elision, apocope; (the omission of a letter or syllable)
2. (education) dropout
3. (genetics) deficiency, deletion
4. (speech pathology) omission

Derived terms

• brottfall hljóðs úr samhljóðaklasa (cluster reduction)
• brottfallin aðgerð (missing operation)
• brottfallsmerki (cancellation mark)
• brottfall stríðra hljóða (stridency deletion)
• stóra brottfall

Synonyms

• (genetics: deficiency, deletion): úrfelling