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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hailagaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hailagaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_hailagaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hailagaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>hailagaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈxɑi̯.lɑ.ɣɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚺᚨᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>holy, sacred</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *hailaz (‘hale, healthy’) + *-gaz (‘-y, adjectival suffix’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailaganǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailaganz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailaganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailaganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>hailagaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailagô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaganiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaganų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaganunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailaginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailaganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailagini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailagammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailaginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailaginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>hailagammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>hailagōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>hailagammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hailag</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>heilig</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>heilich</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>heilig</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hailag</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>hāliġ, hāleġ, hālæġ, hǣliġ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>holy</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>holy</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>haly, halie</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yola</lang>
                        <orth>holly, holy</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hailag</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>hēlich, hilich, *hālich</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>hallig, hellig, hillig, hoeldig</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>helig, halg</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>hillig</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hailag</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>heilag</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>heilec, heilic</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>heilig</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>hòolig</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>heilig</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>helleg</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Rhine Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>הייליק (heylik)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hailag</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>hēlag, helig, helog, halag</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>hilch, hillich</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>heilich</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Westphalian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>heilagr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>heilagur, halgur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>heilagur, helgur, helgi</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>heilag, heilag’u, helg, hæg, halg, helj, halj</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>heilagr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>hellig</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>hellig</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>heilagr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>hēlagher</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>helig</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>helgr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>heilagur, halgur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>heilagur, helgur, helgi</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>heilag, heilag’u, helg, hæg, halg, helj, halj</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>helg</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>helgr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>hellig</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>hellig</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>helgr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>hēlagher</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>helig</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
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