hjarta

See also: hjärta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaɹ̥ʈa]
• Rhymes: -aɹ̥ʈa

Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

Declension

n2	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hjarta	hjartað	hjørtu(r)	hjørtuni
Accusative	hjarta	hjartað	hjørtu(r)	hjørtuni
Dative	hjarta	hjartanum	hjørtum	hjørtunum
Genitive	hjarta	hjartans	hjartna	hjartnanna

Derived terms

• hjarta mítt - my love (address)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

Synonyms

• (seat of emotion): brjóst (literally "breast")

Derived terms

• hjartastilling
• hjartastillir
• hjarta-lungnalífgun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɑrtɑ/, /²jɑːrtɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô. Akin to English heart.

Alternative forms

• hjarte

Noun

hjarta n (definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)

1. heart (muscle)

   Hjarta er ein muskel.

   The heart is a muscle.

2. heart (seat of emotion)

   Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.

   My heart wants it different.

3. plural definite of hjarte

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hjartaðr.

Adjective

hjarta (singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)

1. brave
2. hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)

   Han var ein hardhjarta person.

   He was a hardhearted person.

Synonyms

• (brave): modig, djerv

Derived terms

• heilhjarta

References

• “hjarta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta (German Low German Hart), Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte (English heart), Old High German herza (German Herz), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)

1. heart

Declension

  Declension of hjarta (weak an-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjarta	hjartat	hjǫrtu	hjǫrtun
accusative	hjarta	hjartat	hjǫrtu	hjǫrtun
dative	hjarta	hjartanu	hjǫrtum	hjǫrtunum
genitive	hjarta	hjartans	hjartna	hjartnanna

Descendants

• Danish: hjerte
• Faroese: hjarta
• Icelandic: hjarta

• Norwegian: hjerte (Bokmål), hjarta/hjarte (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: hjärta

References

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