heilsa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heilsa.

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, plural heilsur)

  1. health
  2. greeting

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heilsa heilsan heilsur heilsurnar
accusative heilsu heilsuna heilsur heilsurnar
dative heilsu heilsuni heilsum heilsunum
genitive heilsu heilsunnar heilsa heilsanna

Synonyms

Verb

heilsa (third person singular past indicative heilsaði, third person plural past indicative heilsað, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine heilsað
present past
first singular heilsi heilsaði
second singular heilsar heilsaði
third singular heilsar heilsaði
plural heilsa heilsaðu
participle (a6)1 heilsandi heilsaður
imperative
singular heilsa!
plural heilsið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheilsa/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heilsa.

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, no plural)

  1. health
    Hvernig er heilsan?
    How is the health?
Declension
Declension of heilsa (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative heilsa heilsan
accusative heilsu heilsuna
dative heilsu heilsunni
genitive heilsu heilsunnar
Derived terms
  • vera við góða heilsu
  • vera við slæma heilsu

Etymology 2

Verb

heilsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heilsaði, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet
    Heilsaðu ömmu þinni.
    Greet your grandmother.
Conjugation
heilsa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur heilsa
supine sagnbót heilsað
present participle
heilsandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég heilsa heilsaði heilsi heilsaði
þú heilsar heilsaðir heilsir heilsaðir
hann, hún, það heilsar heilsaði heilsi heilsaði
plural við heilsum heilsuðum heilsum heilsuðum
þið heilsið heilsuðuð heilsið heilsuðuð
þeir, þær, þau heilsa heilsuðu heilsi heilsuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú heilsa (þú), heilsaðu
plural þið heilsið (þið), heilsiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
heilsast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur heilsast
supine sagnbót heilsast
present participle
heilsandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég heilsast heilsaðist heilsist heilsaðist
þú heilsast heilsaðist heilsist heilsaðist
hann, hún, það heilsast heilsaðist heilsist heilsaðist
plural við heilsumst heilsuðumst heilsumst heilsuðumst
þið heilsist heilsuðust heilsist heilsuðust
þeir, þær, þau heilsast heilsuðust heilsist heilsuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú heilsast (þú), heilsastu
plural þið heilsist (þið), heilsisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (to greet, salute). Cognate with Old High German heilida.

Noun

heilsa f

  1. health

Declension

Declension of heilsa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heilsa heilsan heilsur heilsurnar
accusative heilsu heilsuna heilsur heilsurnar
dative heilsu heilsunni heilsum heilsunum
genitive heilsu heilsunnar heilsna heilsnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heilsa
  • Faroese: heilsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helse, helsa, heilsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helse
  • Old Swedish: hēlsa, hælsa
  • Old Danish: helsæ
    • Danish: helsen
    • Scanian: hælsa
  • Middle English: hailsen, haylsen

Verb

heilsa

  1. to greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of heilsa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive heilsa
present participle heilsandi
past participle heilsaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular heilsa heilsaða heilsa heilsaða
2nd person singular heilsar heilsaðir heilsir heilsaðir
3rd person singular heilsar heilsaði heilsi heilsaði
1st person plural heilsum heilsuðum heilsim heilsaðim
2nd person plural heilsið heilsuðuð heilsið heilsaðið
3rd person plural heilsa heilsuðu heilsi heilsaði
imperative present
2nd person singular heilsa
1st person plural heilsum
2nd person plural heilsið
Conjugation of heilsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive heilsask
present participle heilsandisk
past participle heilsazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular heilsumk heilsuðumk heilsumk heilsuðumk
2nd person singular heilsask heilsaðisk heilsisk heilsaðisk
3rd person singular heilsask heilsaðisk heilsisk heilsaðisk
1st person plural heilsumsk heilsuðumsk heilsimsk heilsaðimsk
2nd person plural heilsizk heilsuðuzk heilsizk heilsaðizk
3rd person plural heilsask heilsuðusk heilsisk heilsaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular heilsask
1st person plural heilsumsk
2nd person plural heilsizk

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heilsa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive