halig

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒliɡ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lig

Noun

halig

1. terminative singular of hal

Old English

Alternative forms

• hāleġ, hālæġ
• hǣliġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, equivalent to hāl +‎ -iġ.

Cognate with Old Frisian hēlich, Old Saxon hēlag, Old High German heilag, Old Norse heilagr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.lij/, [ˈhɑː.lij]

Adjective

hāliġ (comparative hāliġra, superlative hālgost)

1. holy, sacred
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."

     Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the immortal God."

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 1uoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"

     Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.

     The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.

2. healthy, sound

Declension

Declension of hāliġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāliġ	hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo	hāliġ
Accusative	hāliġne	hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġ
Genitive	hāliġes, hālġes	hāliġre	hāliġes, hālġes
Dative	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġre	hāliġum, hālġum
Instrumental	hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġre	hāliġe, hālġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġa, hālġa, hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo
Accusative	hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġa, hālġa, hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo
Genitive	hāliġra	hāliġra	hāliġra
Dative	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum
Instrumental	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum

Declension of hāliġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāliġa, hālġa	hāliġe, hālġe	hāliġe, hālġe
Accusative	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġe, hālġe
Genitive	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan
Dative	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan
Instrumental	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan
Accusative	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan	hāliġan, hālġan
Genitive	hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena	hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena	hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena
Dative	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum
Instrumental	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum	hāliġum, hālġum

Derived terms

• hālga
• hāliġnes
• Hāliġ Gāst
• unhāliġ

Descendants

• Middle English: holy
  • English: holy
  • Scots: haly, halie
  • Yola: holly, holy