helig

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian hēlich, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Cognate with West Frisian hillig and German heilig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːlɪɣ/
  • Hyphenation: he‧lig
  • Rhymes: -eːlɪɣ

Adjective

helig (masculine heligen, feminine, plural or definite helige, comparative heliger, superlative heligst)

  1. holy

Derived terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “helig”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish hēlagher, hēligher, hælig, hælog, from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːˌlɪɡ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

helig

  1. holy

Declension

Inflection of helig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular helig heligare heligast
neuter singular heligt heligare heligast
plural heliga heligare heligast
masculine plural2 helige heligare heligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 helige heligare heligaste
all heliga heligare heligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.