Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse heill (compare Icelandic heill, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish hel), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (compare English whole, hale, Dutch heel, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (healthy, whole).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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heilur

  1. whole, intact

Declension

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heilur a1
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) heilur heil heilt
Accusative (hvønnfall) heilan heila
Dative (hvørjumfall) heilum heilari heilum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (heils) (heilar) (heils)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) heilir heilar heil
Accusative (hvønnfall) heilar
Dative (hvørjumfall) heilum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (heila)