helgi

See also: Helgi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛlcɪ

  Homophones: Helgi

Etymology 1

From Old Norse helgr (accusative and dative helgi).

Noun

helgi f (genitive singular helgar, nominative plural helgar)

1. 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 [last] weekend)
• eftir helgi(na) (after the weekend; at the beginning of the working week)

Declension

declension of helgi

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	helgi	helgin	helgar	helgarnar
accusative	helgi	helgina	helgar	helgarnar
dative	helgi	helginni	helgum	helgunum
genitive	helgar	helgarinnar	helga	helganna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• helgarferð
• hvítasunnuhelgi

• jólahelgi
• páskahelgi

Related terms

• helgi (2)
• helgur
• heilagur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse helgi.

Noun

helgi f (genitive singular helgi, no plural)

1. holiness, sanctity
2. (law) security, immunity

Declension

declension of helgi

f-w2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	helgi	helgin
accusative	helgi	helgina
dative	helgi	helginni
genitive	helgi	helginnar

Synonyms

• (holiness): heilagleiki m
• (immunity): friðhelgi f

Related terms

• helgi (1)
• helgur
• heilagur

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Old Norse

Noun

helgi f

1. holiness
2. (law) security, immunity

Declension

  Declension of helgi (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	helgi	helgin
accusative	helgi	helgina
dative	helgi	helginni
genitive	helgi	helginnar

Descendants

• Faroese: halgi
• Icelandic: helgi (2)

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.

References

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