heilig
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦəi̯.ləχ/
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch heilich, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) + -ig (“-y”).
Alternative forms
- heilag (Cape Afrikaans)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch heiligen, from Middle Dutch heiligen, from Old Dutch *hēlagon, *heiligon, from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną.
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German hailig, from Old High German heilag.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.ləx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hei‧lig
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯ləx
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch heilich, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) + -ig (“-y”).
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- heilig boontje
- heiligdom
- heilige ibis
- heiligen
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German heilic (hailig, heilec), from Old High German heilag, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag. Compare Low German hillig, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English holy, Danish hellig, Swedish helig.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
heilig (strong nominative masculine singular heiliger, comparative heiliger, superlative am heiligsten)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Note: There are also contracted forms like heil'ger.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Heiliger Geist
- Heiligenverehrung
- selig
- Heiliger, Heilige
- Heiligsprechung
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hailag.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: heilich
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “hēlig”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012