Old English · suffix
-heort
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /xe͜ort/[he͜orˠt]
- Syllables
- xe͜ort (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- hearted-hearted
Meaning
-
-hearted
ċeald (“cold”) + -heort → ċealdheort (“coldhearted”)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -heort | -heort | -heort |
| Accusative | -heortne | -heorte | -heort |
| Genitive | -heortes | -heortre | -heortes |
| Dative | -heortum | -heortre | -heortum |
| Instrumental | -heorte | -heortre | -heorte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -heorte | -heorta-heorte | -heort |
| Accusative | -heorte | -heorta-heorte | -heort |
| Genitive | -heortra | -heortra | -heortra |
| Dative | -heortum | -heortum | -heortum |
| Instrumental | -heortum | -heortum | -heortum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -heorta | -heorte | -heorte |
| Accusative | -heortan | -heortan | -heorte |
| Genitive | -heortan | -heortan | -heortan |
| Dative | -heortan | -heortan | -heortan |
| Instrumental | -heortan | -heortan | -heortan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -heortan | -heortan | -heortan |
| Accusative | -heortan | -heortan | -heortan |
| Genitive | -heortra-heortena | -heortra-heortena | -heortra-heortena |
| Dative | -heortum | -heortum | -heortum |
| Instrumental | -heortum | -heortum | -heortum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-hert(ī), from Proto-Germanic *-hertaz, derived from *hertô (“heart”) (Old English heorte). Cognate with Old Saxon -hert, Old High German -herz, Gothic - (-hairts).
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