halga

Irish

Noun

halga m sg

h-prothesized form of alga

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyl- (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Old High German heilego (“saint”), Old Norse Helgi (proper name, literally “Holy One”), Old Norse helgi (“security”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːlɣɑ/

Noun

hālga m

holy man
(Christianity) saint

Declension

Declension of halga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hālga	hālgan
accusative	hālgan	hālgan
genitive	hālgan	hālgena
dative	hālgan	hālgum

Descendants

Middle English: halȝe, halghe, halwe
- English: hallow; Halloween; Allhallowmas, Hallowmas

Etymology 2

Adjective

hālga

masculine weak adjective formal of Masculine Weak Adjective form

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