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heilsa
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Faroese
Etymology
Noun
heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, plural heilsur)
Declension
Synonyms
Verb
heilsa (third person singular past indicative heilsaði, third person plural past indicative heilsað, supine heilsað)
- to greet
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
Further reading
- "heilsa" at Sprotin.fo
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, no plural)
- health
- Hvernig er heilsan?
- How is the health?
Declension
Derived terms
- vera við góða heilsu
- vera við slæma heilsu
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
heilsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heilsaði, supine heilsað)
- to greet
- Heilsaðu ömmu þinni.
- Greet your grandmother.
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (“to greet, salute”). Cognate with Old High German heilida.
Noun
heilsa f
Declension
Descendants
Verb
heilsa
- to greet
Conjugation
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heilsa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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