helgi

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛlcɪ

  Homophone: Helgi

From Old Norse helgr (accusative and dative helgi).

helgi f (genitive singular helgar, nominative plural helgar)

1. weekend; more generally, two or more holidays in a row, in conjunction with a Sunday or a major Christian holiday

   Hvað ertu að gera um helgina?

   What are you doing this weekend?

   Er komin helgi?

   Has the weekend come already?

• um helgina ― over the weekend or during [last] weekend
• eftir helgi(na) ― after the weekend; at the beginning of the working week

• helgur
• heilagur

From Old Norse helgi.

helgi f (genitive singular helgi, no plural)

1. holiness, sanctity

   Synonym: heilagleiki m

2. (law) security, immunity

   Synonym: friðhelgi f

• helgur
• heilagur

• “helgi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

helgi f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of helg

heilagr (“holy”) +‎ -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”).

helgi f

1. holiness
2. (law) security, immunity

• Icelandic: helgi (2)
• Faroese: halgi

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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• heilagi

helgi

1. weak masculine nominative singular of heilagr

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

helgi

1. third-person present subjunctive active of helga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

helgi

1. accusative singular indefinite of helgr
2. dative singular indefinite of helgr

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

• Helgi

hel (“hunting”) +‎ ci (“dog”)

helgi m (plural helgwn, not mutable)

1. hound, hunting dog

• (hunting dog): ci hela

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “helgi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies