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Faroese
Proper noun
helgi m
- a male given name
Usage notes
- son of Helgi: Helgason
- daughter of Helgi: Helgadóttir
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Helgi
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Helga
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Helga
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Helga
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse helgr (accusative and dative helgi).
Noun
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
- um helgina (over the weekend or during weekend)
- eftir helgi(na) (after the weekend; at the beginning of the working week)
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse helgi.
Noun
helgi f (genitive singular helgi, no plural)
- holiness, sanctity
- (law) security, immunity
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Further reading
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
helgi f
- (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of helg
Old Norse
Etymology 1
heilagr (“holy”) + -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”).
Noun
helgi f
- holiness
- (law) security, immunity
Declension
Declension of helgi (weak īn-stem, singular only)
Descendants
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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Adjective
helgi
- weak masculine nominative singular of heilagr
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
helgi
- third-person present subjunctive active of helga
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
helgi
- accusative singular indefinite of helgr
- dative singular indefinite of helgr
References
- “helgi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
hel (“hunting”) + ci (“dog”)
Noun
helgi m (plural helgwn, not mutable)
- hound, hunting dog
Synonyms
Further reading
- 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