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hafa

hafa

Chamorro

Pronoun

hafa

  1. what

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːva/
    Rhymes: -aːva

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (take, seize).

Verb

hafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði, supine haft)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to have syn.
    Ég hef köku.
    I have a cake.
    Þú hefur sterka handleggi.
    You have strong arms.
    Skólinn hefur margt
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to hold, to have syn.
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to keep syn.
  4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to feel syn.
    Hvernig hefurðu það? - Ég hef það fínt.
    How are you doing? - I'm fine.
Conjugation

Note: The forms hefihefirhefir are fairly rare, but acceptable.

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Etymology 2

See haf.

Noun

hafa n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of haf

Old Danish

Alternative forms

  • hauæ (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːvə/

Verb

hafa (third-person singular present indicative hafir, third-person singular past indicative hafþi)

  1. (Scanian) to have
    • c. 1210, "Far þæn man", Scanian Law, chapter 6.
      Far þæn man kunæ ær børn hafir ok […]
      If the man finds a wife, who has children, and […]

Descendants


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną (to have, hold), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to take, seize). Cognate with Old English habban, hafian, Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban).

Verb

hafa (singular past indicative hafði, plural past indicative hǫfðu, past participle hafðr)

  1. to have
  2. to hold, keep, retain
  3. to bring, carry

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • hafa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press