heilsam

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German heilsam, from Old High German heilsam, heilisam, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, *hailisam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, *hailisamaz, equivalent to heil +‎ -sam. Cognate with English wholesome. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯lza(ː)m/ Hyphenation: heil‧sam === Adjective === heilsam (strong nominative masculine singular heilsamer, comparative heilsamer, superlative am heilsamsten) promoting mental, moral and/or physical welfare; wholesome, healing, salubrious ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Heilsamkeit === Further reading === “heilsam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “heilsam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “heilsam” in Duden online == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From heila (“well-being”) +‎ -sam. === Adjective === heilsam healing wholesome ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: heilsāem Dutch: heilzaam, heelzaamAfrikaans: heilsaam === References === “hēlsam”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012