hafa

== Chamorro == === Etymology === Compare Indonesian apa, Hawaiian aha. === Pronoun === hafa what == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːva/ Rhymes: -aːva === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“take, seize”). ==== Verb ==== hafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði, supine haft) to have [with accusative] Synonym: vera með to hold, to have [with accusative] Synonyms: ráða yfir, halda to keep [with accusative] Synonym: geyma to feel [with accusative] Synonym: líða ===== Usage notes ===== hafa is most often an auxiliary verb (hjálparsögn) which is followed by the past participle. The participle is in the neuter singular with hafa: When hafa is the main verb it's used to indicate something abstract, e.g. time, experience, interest etc.: Note that the verb hafa is not used as the English "have" in the sense of possession of an object. The verb eiga is used in the same way as the verb "have": ===== Conjugation ===== Note: The forms hefi — hefir — hefir are fairly rare, but acceptable. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See haf. ==== Noun ==== hafa n indefinite genitive plural of haf == Old Danish == === Alternative forms === hauæ (Jutlandic) === Etymology === From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːvə/ === Verb === hafa (third-person singular present indicative hafir, third-person singular past indicative hafþi) (Scania) to have c. 1210, "Far þæn man", Scanian Law, chapter 6. ==== Descendants ==== Danish: have Norwegian Bokmål: have, ha == Old English == === Verb === hafa singular imperative of habban == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, hold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Old English habban, Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German habēn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑ.vɑ ~ hɑ.βɑ/ === Verb === hafa (singular past indicative hafði, plural past indicative hǫfðu, past participle hafðr) to have to hold, keep, retain to bring, carry ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hafa Faroese: hava Norwegian Nynorsk: hava, ha; (dialectal) håvå, hå Elfdalian: åvå Old Swedish: hava, hafwa, haffwa, haffuaSwedish: ha, hava, hafva (pre-1906 spelling) Old Danish: hafa, hauæDanish: haveNorwegian Bokmål: have, ha Old Gutnish: hafa === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hafa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive