heilsa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heilsa.

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, plural heilsur)

  1. health
  2. greeting

Declension

Declension of heilsa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heilsa heilsan heilsur heilsurnar
accusative heilsu heilsuna heilsur heilsurnar
dative heilsu heilsuni heilsum heilsunum
genitive heilsu heilsunnar heilsa heilsanna

Synonyms

Verb

heilsa (third person singular past indicative heilsaði, third person plural past indicative heilsað, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of heilsa (group v-30)
infinitive heilsa
supine heilsað
participle (a6)1 heilsandi heilsaður
present past
first singular heilsi heilsaði
second singular heilsar heilsaði
third singular heilsar heilsaði
plural heilsa heilsaðu
imperative
singular heilsa!
plural heilsið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heilsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheilsa/

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, no plural)

  1. health
    Hvernig er heilsan?
    How is the health?

Declension

Derived terms

  • vera við góða heilsu
  • vera við slæma heilsu

Verb

heilsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heilsaði, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet
    Heilsaðu ömmu þinni.
    Greet your grandmother.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, hale), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos. Cognate with Old High German heilida.

Noun

heilsa f

  1. health

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heilsa
  • Faroese: heilsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helse, helsa, heilsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helse
  • Old Swedish: hēlsa, hælsa
  • Old Danish: helsæ
    • Danish: helsen
    • Scanian: hælsa
  • Middle English: hailsen, haylsen

Verb

heilsa

  1. to greet

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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