helgi
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
helgi m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- son of Helgi: Helgason
- daughter of Helgi: Helgadóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Helgi |
Accusative | Helga |
Dative | Helga |
Genitive | Helga |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse helgr (accusative and dative helgi).
Noun edit
helgi f (genitive singular helgi or helgar, nominative plural helgar)
- two or more holidays in a row, in conjunction with a Sunday or a major Christian holiday; most often denoting the weekend, i.e. the conjunction of a Saturday and Sunday and any adjacent public or private holidays
- Hvað ertu að gera um helgina?
- What are you doing this weekend?
- Er komin helgi?
- Has the weekend come already?
Usage notes edit
- um helgina (over the weekend or during [last] weekend)
- eftir helgi(na) (after the weekend; at the beginning of the working week)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
helgi f (genitive singular helgi, no plural)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (holiness): heilagleiki m
- (immunity): friðhelgi f
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “helgi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
helgi f
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
heilagr (“holy”) + -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”).
Noun edit
helgi f
Declension edit
Descendants edit
In other Nordic languages this word is conflated with helgr (“holiday”), and the corresponding words in Danish (helg) and Swedish (helg) have inherited the meanings of both words. Even Faroese halgi, which clearly derives from this Old Norse form, also carries the meaning of helgr, although there is also a separate Faroese word, halga, for that.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
helgi
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
helgi
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
helgi
References edit
- “helgi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
helgi m (plural helgwn, not mutable)
Synonyms edit
- (hunting dog): ci hela
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “helgi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies