happ

See also: Happ

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse happ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʰpː/

  Rhymes: -aʰpː

Noun

happ n (genitive singular happs, plural happ)

1. luck, a stroke of luck

Declension

Declension of happ (n9)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	happ	happið	happ	happini
accusative	happ	happið	happ	happini
dative	happi	happinum	happum	happunum
genitive	haps	hapsins	happa	happanna

Synonyms

• hepni n
• eydna f

Antonyms

• óhapp n

Derived terms

• eftir happi og hátíðum
• happ í óhappi
• happadráttur
• óhapp
• heppin

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse happ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hahp/

  Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

happ n (genitive singular happs, nominative plural höpp)

1. luck, a stroke of luck

   Antonym: óhapp

Declension

Declension of happ (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	happ	happið	höpp	höppin
accusative	happ	happið	höpp	höppin
dative	happi	happinu	höppum	höppunum
genitive	happs	happsins	happa	happanna

Derived terms

• með höppum og glöppum
• happdrætti / happadrætti
• happafundur
• óhapp
• heppinn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hampą.

Noun

happ n

1. good luck

Descendants

• Icelandic: happ
• Faroese: happ
• Norn: happ
• → Middle English: hap, happe, hape, heppe
  • English: hap
  • Yola: hap

Further reading

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