halig
Hungarian
Etymology
hal + -ig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒliɡ]
- Hyphenation: ha‧lig
Noun
halig
- terminative singular of hal
Old English
Alternative forms
- hāleġ, hālæġ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy”), equivalent to hāl (“whole”) + -iġ. Cognate with Old Frisian hēlich, (West Frisian hillich), Old Saxon hēlag (Low German hillig), Dutch heilig, Old High German heilag (German heilig), Old Norse heilagr (Danish hellig, Swedish helig), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑːlij/
Adjective
hāliġ (comparative hāliġra, superlative hāliġost)
- holy, sacred; pious; sound, healthy
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | hāl(i)ġa | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġan | nom. | hāliġ | hāliġ | hāl(i)ġu | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġu, -e | hāl(i)ġa, -e | ||
| accusative | hāl(i)ġan | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġan | acc. | hāliġne | hāliġ | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġe | hāl(i)ġu, -e | hāl(i)ġa, -e | |||
| genitive | hāl(i)ġan | hāliġra, hāl(i)ġena | gen. | hāl(i)ġes | hāl(i)ġes | hāliġre | hāliġra | ||||||
| dative | hāl(i)ġan | hāl(i)ġum | dat. | hāl(i)ġum | hāl(i)ġum | hāliġre | hāl(i)ġum | ||||||
| instrumental | hāl(i)ġe | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- hāliġnes
- unhāliġ
Descendants
- Middle English: holy, hooly, holi, hooli, holye, holie, holly, hoolly, holli, hoolli, oly, oli, wholy, woly, hole, hali, haly, hayly, aly, ali, hale, hely, heli, holiȝ, holiȝe, holia, halge, halege, halȝe, hallȝhe, haliȝ, haliȝe, halie
- English: holy
- Scots: haly, halie