hail

Scots

[hel], [hjɛl], [hel], [hel]

adj
Definitions
  • whole
  • free or recovered from disease, healthy, wholesome
  • of people, parts of the body, etc. free from injury, safe, sound, unhurt
  • of material objects and of time, numbers etc. whole, entire, complete, sound, unbroken, undamaged

Etymology

Derived from Old English hāl (safe, healthy, whole) derived from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, healthy, sound, hale, safe, entire, omen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (whole, healthy, intact, well-omened).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kóh₂ilus

Gloss

whole, healthy, intact, well-omened

Concept
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Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

健, 康

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