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heilsa

heilsa

Faroese

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, plural heilsur)

  1. health
  2. greeting

Synonyms

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

Verb

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

  1. to greet

Conjugation


Icelandic

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 *kóh₂ilus. Cognate with Old High German heilida.

Noun

heilsa f

  1. health

Descendants

References

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