hafa

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Chamorro

Etymology

Compare Indonesian (deprecated template usage) apa, Hawaiian (deprecated template usage) aha.

Pronoun

hafa

  1. what

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) hafa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (take, seize).

Verb

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

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

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

Derived terms
Synonyms
Usage notes

Etymology 2

See (deprecated template usage) haf.

Noun

Template:is-noun form n

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive plural of haf

Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse hafa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hafa

  1. (Scania) 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to take, seize). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English habban, hafian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Frisian hebba, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon hebbian, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German habēn, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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