hoat

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Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German hart, from Old High German harti, hertī, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognates include German hart, Dutch hard, English hard, Yiddish האַרט (hart), Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hoat (comparative härter, superlative härtastn)

  1. hard
  2. severe, harsh
  3. (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel

Adverb

hoat

  1. hard (with force or effort)
  2. sharply, roughly, severely
  3. close (ån (+ dative) to)

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hoat – see 發 (“to shoot; to launch; to issue; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 發).

Plautdietsch

Adjective

hoat

  1. hard

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English hoot, hote, hoote, from Old English hāt.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hoat

  1. hot
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Hoat broan.
      Fire brand.
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:
      Aar was a muskawn o buthther ee-laaide apan hoat shruaanès,
      There was a great heap of butter laid upon hot scraps,

Noun

hoat

  1. heat

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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