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Helgi

Helgi

See also: helgi

Estonian

Proper noun

Helgi

  1. A female given name.

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛʎt͡ʃɪ]

Etymology

From Old Norse Helgi.

Proper noun

Helgi m

  1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Helgi: Helgason
  • daughter of Helgi: Helgadóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Helgi
Accusative Helga
Dative Helga
Genitive Helga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Helgi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlcɪ
  • Homophone: helgi

Proper noun

Helgi m

  1. A male given name

Declension


Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse helgi, the weak (definite) form of *heiligr (“happy, lucky”). Later helgi was reinterpreted as weak form of the adjective heilagr (holy).

Cognate to the Old Norse female given name Helga.

Noun

Helgi m

  1. A male given name

Descendants

helgi

helgi

See also: Helgi

Icelandic

Noun

helgi f (genitive singular helgar, nominative plural helgar)

  1. two or more holidays in a row, in conjunction with a Sunday or a major Christian holiday; most often denoting the weekend, i.e. the conjunction of a Saturday and Sunday and any adjacent public or private holidays
    Hvað ertu að gera um helgina?
    What are you doing this weekend?
    Er komin helgi?
    Has the weekend come already?
Declension
Usage notes
  • um helgina (over the weekend or during [last] weekend)
  • eftir helgi(na) (after the weekend; at the beginning of the working week)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse helgi.

Noun

helgi f (genitive singular helgi, no plural)

  1. holiness, sanctity
  2. (law) security, immunity
Declension
Synonyms
  • (holiness): heilagleiki m
  • (immunity): friðhelgi f
Related terms

Old Norse

Noun

helgi f

  1. holiness
  2. (law) security, immunity

Descendants

In other Nordic languages this word is conflated with helgr (holiday), and the corresponding words in Danish (helg) and Swedish (helg) have inherited the meanings of both words. Even Faroese halgi, which clearly derives from this Old Norse form, also carries the meaning of helgr, although there is also a separate Faroese word, halga, for that.

References

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