heal

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English surname, variant of Hale.

From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”).

See hele.

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ngjall — make better
• Albanian: shëroj — make better
• Amharic: ዳነ (danä) — make better
• Arabic: شَفَى (šafā) — make better
• Armenian: բուժել (bužel) — make better
• Aromanian: vindic — make better
• Azerbaijani: sağaltmaq — make better
• Belarusian: лячы́ць (ljačýcʹ) — make better
• Belarusian: вы́лечыць (výlječycʹ) — make better
• Bulgarian: леку́вам (lekúvam) — make better
• Bulgarian: излеку́вам (izlekúvam) — make better
• Bulgarian: церя́ (cerjá) — make better
• Bulgarian: изцеря́вам (izcerjávam) — make better
• Catalan: guarir — make better
• Catalan: curar — make better
• Catalan: remeiar — make better
• Catalan: cicatritzar (una ferida) — make better
• Chinese Mandarin: 醫治 /医治 (yīzhì) — make better
• Czech: léčit — make better
• Czech: vyléčit — make better
• Czech: uzdravit — make better
• Dalmatian: medcur — make better
• Dutch: genezen — make better
• Dutch: helen — make better
• Dutch: beter maken — make better
• Esperanto: sanigi — make better
• Esperanto: kuraci — make better
• Finnish: parantaa — make better
• French: guérir — make better
• French: assainir — make better
• Galician: sandar — make better
• Galician: sarar — make better
• Galician: gorescer — make better
• Galician: guarir — make better
• Galician: pensar — make better
• Georgian: განკურნება (ganḳurneba) — make better
• Georgian: შეხორცება (šexorceba) — make better
• Georgian: მოკეთება (moḳeteba) — make better
• German: heilen — make better
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hailjan) — make better
• Greek: θεραπεύω (therapévo) — make better
• Ancient Greek: ἰάομαι (iáomai) — make better
• Ancient Greek: θεραπεύω (therapeúō) — make better
• Ancient Greek: ἀκέομαι (akéomai) — make better
• Hebrew: שיפר \ שִׁפֵּר (shipér) — make better
• Hungarian: gyógyít — make better
• Hungarian: meggyógyít — make better
• Hungarian: begyógyít — make better
• Ido: risanigar — make better
• Irish: cneasaigh — make better
• Italian: guarire — make better
• Italian: sanare — make better
• Japanese: 治す (naosu) — make better
• Japanese: 癒す (iyasu) — make better
• Khmer: បន្សះ (bɑɑbɑnsah) — make better
• Khmer: ផ្សះ (phsah) — make better
• Korean: 치료하다 (chiryohada) — make better
• Korean: 고치다 (gochida) — make better
• Latin: sano — make better
• Latin: medico — make better
• Latin: curo — make better
• Latin: medeor — make better
• Latin: salvo — make better
• Luxembourgish: heelen — make better
• Macedonian: лечи (leči) — make better
• Macedonian: излечи (izleči) — make better
• Macedonian: лекува (lekuva) — make better
• Macedonian: излекува (izlekuva) — make better
• Māori: whakamahu — make better
• Māori: haumanu — make better
• Māori: whakareka — make better
• Māori: whakaoraora — make better
• Māori: whakamātūtū — make better
• Marathi: बरे करणे (bare karṇe) — make better
• Norwegian: hele — make better
• Norwegian: kurere — make better
• Norwegian Bokmål: helbrede — make better
• Church Slavic: лѣчити (lěčiti) — make better
• Old English: hælan — make better
• Old Saxon: helian — make better
• Persian: درمان کردن (darmân kardan) — make better
• Persian: شفا دادن (šafâ dâdan) — make better
• Persian: بهبود دادن (behbud dâdan) — make better
• Piedmontese: sané — make better
• Polish: leczyć — make better
• Polish: wyleczyć — make better
• Polish: uzdrawiać — make better
• Polish: uzdrowić — make better
• Portuguese: curar — make better
• Portuguese: sanar — make better
• Portuguese: sarar — make better
• Quechua: allinyachiy — make better
• Quechua: hampiy — make better
• Romanian: vindeca — make better
• Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ) — make better
• Russian: вы́лечить (výlečitʹ) — make better
• Russian: излечи́ть (izlečítʹ) — make better
• Russian: исцеля́ть (isceljátʹ) — make better
• Russian: исцели́ть (iscelítʹ) — make better
• Sanskrit: भिषक्ति (bhiṣakti) — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: ле́чити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: лије́чити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: изле́чити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: излије́чити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: це́лити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: исце́лити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: ције́лити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: исције́лити — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: исцељи́вати — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: исцјељи́вати — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: léčiti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: liječiti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: izléčiti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: izlijéčiti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: céliti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: iscéliti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: cijéliti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: iscijéliti — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: isceljívati — make better
• Serbo-Croatian: iscjeljívati — make better
• Slovak: liečiť — make better
• Slovak: vyliečiť — make better
• Slovene: zdraviti — make better
• Slovene: ozdraviti — make better
• Slovene: pozdraviti — make better
• Somali: bogsii — make better
• Lower Sorbian: gójś — make better
• Lower Sorbian: wustrowiś — make better
• Spanish: curar — make better
• Spanish: sanar — make better
• Swahili: kuponya — make better
• Swedish: läka — make better
• Turkish: iyileştirmek — make better
• Ukrainian: лікува́ти (likuváty) — make better
• Ukrainian: ви́лікувати (výlikuvaty) — make better
• Ukrainian: зцілюва́ти (zciljuváty) — make better
• Ukrainian: зціли́ти (zcilýty) — make better
• Yiddish: היילן (heyln) — make better
• Zazaki: wes kerden — make better
• Arabic: شُفِيَ (šufiya) — become better
• Arabic: اِشْتَفَى (ištafā) — become better
• Bulgarian: зара́ствам (zarástvam) — become better
• Bulgarian: излеку́вам се (izlekúvam se) — become better
• Catalan: guarir-se — become better
• Catalan: posar-se bo — become better
• Catalan: sanar — become better
• Chinese Mandarin: 愈合 (yùhé) — become better
• Dutch: genezen — become better
• Esperanto: resaniĝi — become better
• Finnish: parantua — become better
• French: guérir — become better
• Georgian: მოკეთება (moḳeteba) — become better
• German: verheilen — become better
• German: heilen — become better
• German: abheilen — become better
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gahailnan) — become better
• Greek: αναρρώνω (anarróno) — become better
• Hebrew: השתפר (hishtapér) — become better
• Hungarian: gyógyul — become better
• Hungarian: meggyógyul — become better
• Irish: cneasaigh — become better
• Italian: guarire — become better
• Japanese: 治る (naoru) — become better
• Korean: 치료되다 (chiryodoeda) — become better
• Korean: 낫다 (natda) — become better
• Latin: corrigo — become better
• Latin: sano — become better
• Latin: medico — become better
• Latin: curo — become better
• Latin: medeor — become better
• Latin: persano — become better
• Latin: salvo — become better
• Luxembourgish: heelen — become better
• Māori: tumahu — become better
• Māori: mātūtū — become better
• Marathi: बरे होणे (bare hoṇe) — become better
• Norwegian: bli frisk — become better
• Portuguese: sarar — become better
• Romanian: se vindeca — become better
• Russian: зажива́ть (zaživátʹ) — become better
• Russian: зажи́ть (zažítʹ) — become better
• Russian: зараста́ть (zarastátʹ) — become better
• Russian: зарасти́ (zarastí) — become better
• Lower Sorbian: žyś — become better
• Spanish: curarse — become better
• Spanish: curar — become better
• Spanish: sanar — become better
• Spanish: cicatrizar — become better
• Swedish: läka — become better
• Tamil: ஆறு (āṟu) — become better
• Turkish: iyileşmek — become better