hjarta
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)
- heart (muscle)
- heart (seat of emotion)
Declension edit
| n2 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hjarta | hjartað | hjørtu(r) | hjørtuni |
| Accusative | hjarta | hjartað | hjørtu(r) | hjørtuni |
| Dative | hjarta | hjartanum | hjørtum | hjørtunum |
| Genitive | hjarta | hjartans | hjartna | hjartnanna |
Derived terms edit
- hjarta mítt - my love (address)
- hjartaarvi
- hjartabankan
- hjartabarn
- hjartablað
- hjartableytur
- hjartablídni
- hjartablíður
- hjartablóð
- hjartablóma
- hjartabotnur
- hjartabrek
- hjartabrotin
- hjartadeyði
- hjartadropar
- hjartadýpi
- hjartafløvi
- hjartafriður
- hjartaglaður
- hjartagóðska
- hjartagóður
- hjartagras
- hjartaheitur
- hjartailska
- hjartakaldur
- hjartaklapp
- hjartakrampi
- hjartakreppingar
- hjartakuldi
- hjartakvikil
- hjartalag
- hjartaleysur
- hjartaligur
- hjartalitur
- hjartaljóð
- hjartaloka
- hjartaloysi
- hjartalættur
- hjartamál
- hjartamein
- hjartamøði
- hjartamørur
- hjartanemandi
- hjartanítandi
- hjartanívandi
- hjartareinur
- hjartarit
- hjartarúm
- hjartarørdur
- hjartasjúka
- hjartasjúkur
- hjartaskapaður
- hjartaslag
- hjartasláttur
- hjartasorg
- hjartasteðgur
- hjartasteinur
- hjartasterkur
- hjartastórur
- hjartastrik
- hjartastrongur
- hjartastyrkur
- hjartasuff
- hjartasvakur
- hjartatáttur
- hjartatilburður
- hjartatindur
- hjartatjarnaks
- hjartatrongd
- hjartatrongdur
- hjartatvíbløðka
- hjartavaksin
- hjartaveikur
- hjartavinur
- hjartavøddi
- hjartaylur
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (seat of emotion): brjóst (literally "breast")
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also English heart. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
hjarta n (definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)
- heart (muscle)
- Hjarta er ein muskel.
- The heart is a muscle.
- heart (seat of emotion)
- Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.
- My heart wants it different.
- plural definite of hjarte
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
hjarta (singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)
- brave
- hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)
- Han var ein hardhjarta person.
- He was a hardhearted person.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hjarta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte, Old High German herza, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Noun edit
hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)
- heart
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
- Hugr einn þat veit,
er býr hjarta nær,
einn er hann sér of sefa;
ǫng er sótt verri
hveim snotrum manni
en sér engu at una.- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
Each is his own judge:
The worst sickness for a wise man
Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.
- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hjarta
- Faroese: hjarta
- Norn: hjarta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hjarta, hjarte, hjerta
- Jamtish: hjarte
- Elfdalian: järta
- Old Swedish: hiærta
- Old Danish: hiartæ, hiærtæ
- Gutnish: hjärte
References edit
- “hjarta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press