English

Proper noun

Hela

1. The Norse goddess Hel.
2. The ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

Synonyms

• (Norse goddess): Hel, ****
• (Sinhalese language): Elu, Helu

Czech

Proper noun

Hela f

1. A pet form of the female given name Helena.

Esperanto

Etymology

From German ****.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhela/
• Hyphenation: he‧la

Adjective

hela ‎(accusative singular helan, plural helaj, accusative plural helajn)

1. clear, bright
   • 1997, Henrik Ibsen, John Gabriel Borkman:

     Li estas juna homo kun helaj, bravaj okuloj.

     He is a young man with bright, brave eyes.

Related terms

• helo

Finnish

Noun

hela

1. mounting, fitting, bushing

Declension

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto hela.

Adjective

hela

1. light (in colour)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• helet
• helte (simple past, Etymology 4)
• helt (past participle, Etymology 4)

Verb

hela

1. simple past of hele
2. past participle of hele

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːlɑ/

Noun

hēla m ‎(nominative plural hēlan)

1. heel (of the foot)

Descendants

• Middle English: hele, heel
  • English: heel

Etymology 2

Variant of ēalā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːlɑ:/

Interjection

hēlā

1. Alternative form of ēalā

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heila, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.

Verb

hēla

1. to heal, to cure
2. to save (in religious sense)

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: hela

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

hela

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of hel.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hēla, from Old Norse heila, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną. Equivalent to Swedish hel +‎ -a.

Verb

hela ‎(present helar, preterite helade, supine helat, imperative hela)

1. to heal; especially through faith

Conjugation

Related terms

• helare