halig

Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒliɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lig

Noun

halig

  1. terminative singular of hal

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, equivalent to hāl +‎ -iġ.

    Cognate with Old Frisian hēlich, Old Saxon hēlag, Old High German heilag, Old Norse heilagr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈxɑː.lij/, [ˈhɑː.lij]

    Adjective

    hāliġ (comparative hāliġra, superlative hālgost)

    1. holy, sacred
      • 996–997, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Rev. Walter W. Skeat, M.A., Aelfric's Lives of Saints (Early English Text Society original series 82), volume I, London: N. Trübner & Co., published 1885, page 314:
        Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."
        Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the immortal God."
      • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 86:
        Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.
        The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.
        [Quoting Circumdederunt me gemitus.]
    2. healthy, sound

    Declension

    Declension of hāliġ — Strong
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative hāliġ hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo hāliġ
    Accusative hāliġne hāliġe, hālġe hāliġ
    Genitive hāliġes, hālġes hāliġre hāliġes, hālġes
    Dative hāliġum, hālġum hāliġre hāliġum, hālġum
    Instrumental hāliġe, hālġe hāliġre hāliġe, hālġe
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative hāliġe, hālġe hāliġa, hālġa, hāliġe, hālġe hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo
    Accusative hāliġe, hālġe hāliġa, hālġa, hāliġe, hālġe hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo
    Genitive hāliġra hāliġra hāliġra
    Dative hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum
    Instrumental hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum
    Declension of hāliġ — Weak
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative hāliġa, hālġa hāliġe, hālġe hāliġe, hālġe
    Accusative hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġe, hālġe
    Genitive hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan
    Dative hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan
    Instrumental hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan
    Accusative hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan hāliġan, hālġan
    Genitive hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena hāliġra, hāliġena, hālġena
    Dative hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum
    Instrumental hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum hāliġum, hālġum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: holy
      • English: holy
      • Scots: haly, halie
      • Yola: holly, holy
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