heilsan
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Faroese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heilsan f (genitive singular heilsanar, plural heilsanir)
Usage notes
[edit]closing a letter
Declension
[edit]Declension of heilsan | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | heilsan | heilsanin | heilsanir | heilsanirnar |
accusative | heilsan | heilsanina | heilsanir | heilsanirnar |
dative | heilsan | heilsanini | heilsanum | heilsanunum |
genitive | heilsanar | heilsanarinnar | heilsana | heilsananna |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- afturheilsan (greeting in return)
- jólaheilsan (Christmas greeting)
- skilnaðarheilsan (farewell)
- vinarheilsan (greeting between friends)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From heilsa (“to greet”) + -an.
Noun
[edit]heilsan f (genitive heilsanar, plural heilsanir)
- a salutation, a greeting
Declension
[edit] Declension of heilsan (strong i-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | heilsan | heilsanin | heilsanir | heilsanirnar |
accusative | heilsan | heilsanina | heilsanir | heilsanirnar |
dative | heilsan | heilsaninni | heilsunum | heilsununum |
genitive | heilsanar | heilsanarinnar | heilsana | heilsananna |
References
[edit]- “heilsan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press