hjarta

See also: hjärta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjaɹ̥ʈa]
  • Rhymes: -aɹ̥ʈa

Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)

  1. heart (muscle)
  2. heart (seat of emotion)

Declension

n2 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjarta hjartað hjørtu(r) hjørtuni
Accusative hjarta hjartað hjørtu(r) hjørtuni
Dative hjarta hjartanum hjørtum hjørtunum
Genitive hjarta hjartans hjartna hjartnanna

Derived terms

  • hjarta mítt - my love (address)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçar̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Noun

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)

  1. heart (muscle)
  2. heart (seat of emotion)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (seat of emotion): brjóst (literally "breast")

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô. Akin to English heart.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑrtɑ/, /ˈjɑːrtɑ/

Noun

hjarta n (definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)

  1. heart (muscle)
    Hjarta er ein muskel.
    The heart is a muscle.
  2. heart (seat of emotion)
    Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.
    My heart wants it different.
  3. plural definite of hjarte

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hjartaðr.

Alternative forms

  • hjerta (bracket form; also Norwegian Bokmål)

Adjective

hjarta (singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)

  1. brave
  2. hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)
    Han var ein hardhjarta person.
    He was a hardhearted person.
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta (German Low German Hart), Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte (English heart), Old High German herza (German Herz), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Noun

hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)

  1. heart

Declension

Descendants

References

  • hjarta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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