*hailagaz

Runic: ᚺᚨᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑi̯.lɑ.ɣɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

holy, sacred

Etymology

From *hailaz (‘hale, healthy’) + *-gaz (‘-y, adjectival suffix’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	hailagaz	hailagō	hailagą, -atō	hailagai	hailagôz	hailagō
Acc.	hailaganǭ	hailagǭ	hailagą, -atō	hailaganz	hailagōz	hailagō
Gen.	hailagas, -is	hailagaizōz	hailagas, -is	hailagaizǫ̂	hailagaizǫ̂	hailagaizǫ̂
Dat.	hailagammai	hailagaizōi	hailagammai	hailagaimaz	hailagaimaz	hailagaimaz
Inst.	hailaganō	hailagaizō	hailaganō	hailagaimiz	hailagaimiz	hailagaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	hailagô	hailagǭ	hailagô	hailaganiz	hailagōniz	hailagōnō
Acc.	hailaganų	hailagōnų	hailagô	hailaganunz	hailagōnunz	hailagōnō
Gen.	hailaginiz	hailagōniz	hailaginiz	hailaganǫ̂	hailagōnǫ̂	hailaganǫ̂
Dat.	hailagini	hailagōni	hailagini	hailagammaz	hailagōmaz	hailagammaz
Inst.	hailaginē	hailagōnē	hailaginē	hailagammiz	hailagōmiz	hailagammiz

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Descendants

*hailag (Proto-West Germanic)
- heilig (Old Dutch)
  - heilich (Middle Dutch)
    - heilig (Dutch)
*hailag (Proto-West Germanic)
- hāliġ, hāleġ, hālæġ, hǣliġ (Old English)
  - holy (Middle English)
    - holy (English)
    - haly, halie (Scots)
    - holly, holy (Yola)
*hailag (Proto-West Germanic)
- hēlich, hilich, *hālich (Old Frisian)
  - hallig, hellig, hillig, hoeldig (North Frisian)
  - helig, halg (Saterland Frisian)
  - hillig (West Frisian)
*hailag (Proto-West Germanic)
- heilag (Old High German)
  - heilec, heilic (Middle High German)
    - heilig (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - hòolig (Cimbrian)
    - heilig (German)
    - helleg (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - הייליק (heylik) (Yiddish)
*hailag (Proto-West Germanic)
- hēlag, helig, helog, halag (Old Saxon)
  - hilch, hillich (Middle Low German)
    - heilich (Plautdietsch)
    - ? (Westphalian)
heilagr (Old Norse)
- helg (Danish)
- heilagur, halgur (Faroese)
- heilagur, helgur, helgi (Icelandic)
- helg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- heilag, heilag’u, helg, hæg, halg, helj, halj (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- helg (Swedish)
heilagr (Old Norse)
- hellig (Danish)
  - hellig (Norwegian Bokmål)
heilagr (Old Norse)
- hēlagher (Old Swedish)
  - helig (Swedish)
helgr (Old Norse)
- helg (Danish)
- heilagur, halgur (Faroese)
- heilagur, helgur, helgi (Icelandic)
- helg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- heilag, heilag’u, helg, hæg, halg, helj, halj (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- helg (Swedish)
helgr (Old Norse)
- hellig (Danish)
  - hellig (Norwegian Bokmål)
helgr (Old Norse)
- hēlagher (Old Swedish)
  - helig (Swedish)
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags) (Gothic)

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