saalig
East Central German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sælic, sælec, nominalized sælde, from Old High German sālīg, nominalized sālida, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, derived from *sāli. Compare German seelig.
Adjective
[edit]saalig
- (Erzgebirgisch) very or deeply happy; overjoyed
- (Erzgebirgisch) unworried; unanxious; tranquil
- (Erzgebirgisch, Christianity) blessed
- (Erzgebirgisch, Christianity) having been granted the eternal happiness of heaven
Further reading
[edit]- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 94
Categories:
- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Old High German
- East Central German terms derived from Old High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German adjectives
- Erzgebirgisch
- gmw-ecg:Christianity
- gmw-ecg:Emotions