hav

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

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haw/,

Noun

hav n (singular definite havet, plural indefinite have)

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

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/,

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

Synonyms

• sjógvur (all sea on Earth, big waves)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the verb hevja.

Noun

hav n (genitive singular havs, plural høv)

1. lifting stone

Declension

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ^no

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

References

• “hav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

References

• “hav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːv/

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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. a sea, an ocean

   Synonyms: ocean, saltsjö, sjö

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hav

1. imperative of hava

References

• hav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hav/

Interjection

hav

1. The sound a dog makes, bark