Faroese

Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

Declension

Derived terms

• hjarta mítt - my love (address)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ‎(“heart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Noun

hjarta n ‎(genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

Declension

Synonyms

• (seat of emotion): brjóst (literally "breast")

Derived terms

• hjartastilling
• hjartastillir
• hjarta-lungnalífgun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô.

Alternative forms

• hjarte
• hjerte (bracket form; also Norwegian Bokmål)

Noun

hjarta n ‎(definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)

1. heart (muscle)

   Hjarta er ein muskel.

   The heart is a muscle.

2. heart (seat of emotion)

   Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.

   My heart wants it different.

3. plural definite of hjarte

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hjartaðr.

Alternative forms

• hjerta (bracket form; also Norwegian Bokmål)

Adjective

hjarta ‎(singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)

1. brave
2. hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)

   Han var ein hardhjarta person.

   He was a hardhearted person.

Synonyms

• (brave): modig, djerv

Derived terms

• heilhjarta

References

• “hjarta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta (German Low German Hart), Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte (English heart), Old High German herza (German Herz), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 ‎(hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)

1. heart

Declension

Descendants

References

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