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

• Helige Jeest

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/

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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.