há

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

há n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Further reading

• há in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• há in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dakota

Noun

há

1. skin, hide

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: háð
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, plural há)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Interjection

há!

1. ha!

Derived terms

• há há!

Galician

Verb

há

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

há

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• há in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, nominative plural há)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

há f (genitive singular hár or háar, nominative plural hár)

1. aftergrass, aftermath

Declension

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

há (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative háði, supine háð)

1. (transitive, with dative) to injure, to handicap

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑ⁵⁵/

• Audio (KN)

  (file)

Verb

há

1. (Patsho, transitive) to cap or cover something in such a way that the intended part is hidden.

   Jujie liangkü küha nü ha louhva naih mei nye.

   It is good to put on the cap please.

   Jujie liangkü chamshah kie nü akap nü ha-jeih kü ateuva.

   Please close the pen by its cover or please put on the pen's cover.

2. (Patsho, transitive) to stick a sharp tool on or onto something so that the object is left standing without support.

   Jiu nü shau-oh nü ha thiu teu nyü no kouni?

   Whose crow bar is left sticking on the ground here?

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ha — nonstandard

Romanization

há (ha², Zhuyin ㄏㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虻
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝦／虾

Navajo

Postposition

há

1. for him/her/it/one/them, for his/her/its/one's/their sake
2. in his/her/its/one's/their favor

Inflection

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

há

1. eh! what do you say?

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hah(w)ō, cognate with Faroese hógvur and Norwegian Nynorsk hå.

Noun

há f

1. aftergrass

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: hå m or f
• Norwegian Bokmål: hå m or f

Etymology 3

Verb

há

1. Alternative form of hafa

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

há

1. inflection of hár:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Noun

há

1. inflection of hár:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative singular
   2. indefinite genitive plural
2. inflection of hár:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

References

• há in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese á, from Vulgar Latin *at, from Latin habet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: á, à, -á, a-
• Hyphenation: há

Verb

há

1. inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

Derived terms

• -á

References

From Sanskrit .

Verb

há

1. to eat

Shabo

Verb

há

1. to kill

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *haʔ; cognates include Proto-Bahnaric *haː (“to open mouth”) (whence Bahnar ha), Khmer ហា (haa), Mon ဟာ (“to gape open”). Compare also hả, also has the same meaning, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *hah.

Verb

há • (𠹛)

1. (onomatopoeia) to open (mouth)

   Há mồm!

   Open wide!

Etymology 2

Particle

há

1. (literary) isn't it

   Ấy há phải là ác hay sao?

   Is it not evil-doing?