heilsan

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhailsan]

Noun

heilsan f (genitive singular heilsanar, plural heilsanir)

1. greeting

Usage notes

closing a letter

• kærar heilsanir - love
• blíðar heilsanir - kind (warm) regards
• heilsanir - regards

Declension

Declension of heilsan
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

• heilsa, kvøða

Derived terms

• afturheilsan (greeting in return)
• jólaheilsan (Christmas greeting)
• skilnaðarheilsan (farewell)
• vinarheilsan (greeting between friends)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From heilsa (“to greet”) +‎ -an.

Noun

heilsan f (genitive heilsanar, plural heilsanir)

1. a salutation, a greeting

Declension

  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

• “heilsan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press