haf

See also: ha'f, haf-, and HAF

English

Verb

haf

1. Pronunciation spelling of have.
   • 1940 February, Jesse Stuart, chapter 3, in Trees of Heaven, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., published March 1940 (4th printing), →OCLC, part I, page 18:

     I don’t want to haf to fight ’im but if I do haf to fight ’im I’ll fight to whop Pa.

   • [1957], Kyle Onstott, chapter 31, in Mandingo, Richmond, Va.: Denlinger’s, →OCLC, page 449:

     “Raise your hands,” commanded the second man. “Drop the hosses an’ raise your hands. We want your money. Don’t want to haf to shoot.”

   • 1973, Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Cecil Parrott, “In Budapest”, in The Good soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War […], London: Penguin Books, published 1974, →ISBN, part III (The Glorious Licking), page 536:

     Haf you already been to ze latrines?

   • 2009, Raymond Walter Seibert, “The Stage Line”, in Goin’ Up to Cripple Creek, DeSoto, Tex.: Advanced Concept Design Books, →ISBN, page 120:

     “Stand easy boys,” the voice called through the dark. “We've got you covered, and we don't want to haf to shoot."

   • 2017, P.F. Chisholm [pseudonym; Patricia Finney], “Edinburgh December 1592”, in A Clash of Spheres (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries; 8), Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN, page 163:

     I made Lady Viddrington bring me with her for she should haf a woman and I vont see the man vat steal her heart and make her sad for she cannot haf you.

Derived terms

• ve haf vays of making you talk

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaf]

Interjection

haf

1. woof

Related terms

• hafan
• hafat

See also

• mňau

Further reading

• “haf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “haf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “haf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Icelandic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Proto-Germanic *habą

Old Norse haf

Icelandic haf

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

haf n (genitive singular hafs, nominative plural höf)

1. ocean, sea

   Synonyms: sjór, úthaf, (poetic) ægir, (rare) viddi

Declension

Declension of haf (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haf	hafið	höf	höfin
accusative	haf	hafið	höf	höfin
dative	hafi	hafinu	höfum	höfunum
genitive	hafs	hafsins	hafa	hafanna

Derived terms

• aðalhaf
• íshaf
• hafsjór
• Hafgufa

See also

• oceans: höf: Atlantshaf · Indlandshaf · Kyrrahaf · Norður-Íshaf · Suður-Íshaf ^[edit]

Middle English

Verb

haf

1. Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Old Norse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Proto-Germanic *habą

Old Norse haf

From Proto-Germanic *habą.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑv/

Noun

haf n (genitive hafs, plural hǫf)

1. sea, ocean

Declension

Declension of haf (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haf	hafit	hǫf	hǫfin
accusative	haf	hafit	hǫf	hǫfin
dative	hafi	hafinu	hǫfum	hǫfunum
genitive	hafs	hafsins	hafa	hafanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: haf
• Faroese: hav
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hav
  • Russenorsk: gaf
• Norwegian Bokmål: hav
• Danish: hav
• Swedish: hav
• → Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Abh, An Tabh
• → English: haaf
• → Scots: haaf

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “haf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Verb

haf

1. second-person present imperative of hava

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch haven.

Noun

haf

1. harbour
2. port

Polish

haf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: haf

Noun

haf m inan

1. (obsolete) bay, cove, gulf (body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land)

   Synonym: zatoka

Declension

Declension of haf

	singular	plural
nominative	haf	hafy
genitive	hafu	hafów
dative	hafowi	hafom
accusative	haf	hafy
instrumental	hafem	hafami
locative	hafie	hafach
vocative	hafie	hafy

Further reading

• haf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

haf

1. imperative of hafva

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ham, from Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *samos, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /haːv/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /haː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /haːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

haf m (plural hafau, not mutable)

1. summer

   Synonym: (poetic) hefin

Derived terms

• Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
• hafaidd (“summery”)
• hafod (“summer dwelling”)
• hirddydd haf, heuldro'r haf (“summer solstice”)
• safri'r haf (“summer savory”)
• sbotiau haf (“summer spots, freckles”)

See also

Seasons in Welsh · tymhorau (layout · text) · category
gwanwyn (“spring”)	haf (“summer”)	hydref (“autumn”)	gaeaf (“winter”)