hav

See also: HAV, häv, and håv

English

Verb

hav (third-person singular simple present has, present participle having, simple past and past participle had)

1. Informal spelling of have.
   • 1895 May 18, The Truth Seeker: A Journal of Freethought and Reform, New York, N.Y., page 312, column 1:

     I giv full credit, I hope, to the earnest persons who stand ready to make liberal donations toward the founding of schools from which the Bible and religious exercises shall be forever excluded. […] I hav noticed in the parts of our country I hav visited that children seem to be better provided with instruction than with almost anything else. […] The founding of separate and exclusiv institutions of learning must of course make his burden heavier, and we would also be open to the charge, which we make against the Catholics, of being enemies of the public schools.

Usage notes

May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

Anagrams

• Váh, vah

Cornish

Alternative forms

• hâv (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

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

Noun

hav m (plural havow or havyow)

1. (Standard Written Form) summer

See also

Seasons in Cornish · presyow (layout · text) · category
gwenton (“spring”)	hav (“summer”)	kynnyav (“autumn”)	gwav (“winter”)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, cognate with Swedish hav, German Haff (“bay”) (from Low German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haw/, [ˈhɑw]

Noun

hav n (singular definite havet, plural indefinite have)

1. sea, ocean (large body of salt water)
2. (figurative) multitude, large amount

Declension

Declension of hav

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havet	have	havene
genitive	havs	havets	haves	havenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/, [ˈha]

Verb

hav

1. imperative of have

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛaːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Noun

hav n (genitive singular havs, plural høv)

1. sea, ocean between two lands

Declension

n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
accusative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
dative	havi	havinum	høvum	høvunum
genitive	havs	havsins	hava	havanna

Synonyms

• sjógvur (all sea on Earth, big waves)

Derived terms

• Atlantshav
• havfiskur
• havsbotnur
• havsbrúgv
• havsild
• havskip
• havstreymur
• Indiahav
• Kyrrahav
• norðurhav
• suðurhav

 

Etymology 2

From the verb hevja.

Noun

hav n (genitive singular havs, plural høv)

1. lifting stone

Declension

n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
accusative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
dative	havi	havinum	høvum	høvunum
genitive	havs	havsins	hava	havanna

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hav

1. imperative singular of hava

Derived terms

• hav tað gott (“goodbye”, literally “have it well”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Noun

hav n (definite singular havet, indefinite plural hav, definite plural hava or havene)

1. ocean or sea (often incorporated into the proper names of seas and oceans with the suffix -havet)

Derived terms

• Barentshavet
• Beringhavet
• Det indiske hav
• Det kaspiske hav
• dyphav
• Filippinerhavet
• Grønlandshavet
• havbunn, havbotn
• havdyp
• havfiske
• havfrue
• havgående
• havklima
• havnivå
• havområde
• havoverflate
• havsalat
• havsalt
• havside
• havskilpadde
• havstrøm, havstrømning
• havvann
• havørn
• Indiahavet
• midthavsrygg
• Nordishavet
• Norskehavet
• Polhavet
• randhav
• Stillehavet
• Sørishavet
• Sørkinahavet
• verdenshav

 

References

• “hav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːʋ/

Noun

hav n (definite singular havet, indefinite plural hav, definite plural hava, genitive definite singular havsens, genitive indefinite singular havs)

1. ocean or sea (see note above)

   Bestefaren min sigla på dei sju hav. ― My grandfather sailed the seven seas.

Derived terms

• Barentshavet
• Beringhavet
• Det indiske havet
• Det karibiske havet
• Grønlandshavet
• havbotn
• havert
• havfiske
• havfrue
• havgåande
• havklima
• havnivå
• havområde
• havoverflate
• havsalat
• havsalt
• havside
• havvatn
• havørn
• Indiahavet
• midthavsrygg
• Nordishavet
• Norskehavet
• Polhavet
• randhav
• Stillehavet
• Sørishavet
• Sørkinahavet
• verdshav

 

References

• “hav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

hav

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːv/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːv

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish haf, in turn inherited from Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Alternative forms

• haf (obsolete since 1906)

Noun

hav n

1. sea, ocean

   Synonyms: ocean, saltsjö, sjö

   segla på havet

   sail on the sea

   I ett hav finns det mycket vatten

   In an ocean, there is a lot of water

Declension

Declension of hav

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hav	havs
	definite	havet	havets
plural	indefinite	hav	havs
	definite	haven	havens

Related terms

• Adriatiska havet
• Arktiska havet
• Barents hav
• Berings hav
• Bottenhavet
• djuphav
• Döda havet
• Egeiska havet
• en droppe i havet
• havsabborre
• havsakvarium
• havsalg
• havsanemon
• havsbad
• havsband
• havsbiologi
• havsbiologisk
• havsborstmask
• havsbotten
• havsbraxen
• havsbris
• havsbrus
• havsbryn
• havsdjup
• havsdjur
• havsdyning
• havsens
• havsfisk
• havsfiske
• havsforskning
• havsfru
• havsfågel
• havsförorening
• havsgud
• havsgudomlighet
• havshorisont
• havshäst
• havsisbrytare
• havsjungfru
• havskappseglare
• havskappsegling
• havskatt
• havskryssare
• havskräfta
• havslax
• havslaxöring
• havslevande
• havsluft
• havsmiljö
• havsmus
• havsnejonöga
• havsnivå
• havsnymf
• havsnära
• havsodling
• havsområde
• havsresurs
• havsrätt
• havssalt
• havsskildring
• havsskum
• havssköldpadda
• havsstrand
• havsström
• havssula
• havsteknik
• havsteknisk
• havstrut
• havstulpan
• havstång
• havsutsikt
• havsvatten
• havsvidd
• havsvidunder
• havsvik
• havsvind
• havsvåg
• havsyta
• havsöring
• havsörn
• innanhav
• ishav
• Joniska havet
• Kaspiska havet
• medelhav
• Medelhavet
• Norra ishavet
• polarhav
• Röda havet
• Stilla havet
• Svarta havet
• Söderhavet
• Södra ishavet
• Tyrrenska havet
• urhav
• Vadehavet
• Västerhavet

 

See also

• ocean

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hav

1. imperative of hava

References

• hav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hav in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Turkish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hav/

Interjection

hav

1. The sound a dog makes, bark