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hafa

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Chamorro

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Etymology

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Compare Indonesian apa, Hawaiian aha.

Pronoun

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hafa

  1. what

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to have [with accusative]
    Synonym: vera með
    Ég hef ekki tíma í kvöldmat.
    I don't have time for dinner.
    María hefur áhuga á stjórnmálum.
    Maria is interested in politics.
  2. to hold, to have [with accusative]
    Synonyms: ráða yfir, halda
  3. to keep [with accusative]
    Synonym: geyma
  4. to feel [with accusative]
    Synonym: líða
    Hvernig hefurðu það? - Ég hef það fínt.
    How are you doing? - I'm fine.
Usage notes
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Conjugation
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Note: The forms hefihefirhefir are fairly rare, but acceptable.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See haf.

Noun

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hafa n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of haf

Old Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  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

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  • Danish: have

Old English

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Verb

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hafa

  1. singular imperative of habban

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɑ.vɑ ~ hɑ.βɑ/

Verb

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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

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Descendants

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References

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