haft

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /hæft/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːft/ Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft === Etymology 1 === From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją. ==== Noun ==== haft (plural hafts) The handle of a tool or weapon. ===== Synonyms ===== helve ===== Hyponyms ===== hilt (sword handle) stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted) (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon). (transitive) To grip by the handle. ===== Derived terms ===== haftable ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See heft (etymology 3). ==== Noun ==== haft (plural hafts) (Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”). ==== Verb ==== haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted) (ambitransitive, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”) === References === === Anagrams === Fath == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɑfd̥] === Verb === haft past participle of have == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haft/ Rhymes: -aft === Noun === haft n (genitive singular hafts, nominative plural höft) (of a horse) hobble (in the plural) restrictions (anatomy) frenulum (genetics, of a chromosome) constriction ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Participle === haft strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hafðr === Verb === haft supine of hafa == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle High German haft, from Old High German hafta, from Proto-Germanic *haftō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaft/ Rhymes: -aft Syllabification: haft === Noun === haft m inan (diminutive hafcik) embroidery (ornamentation of fabric using needlework) Synonym: hafciarstwo embroidery (piece of embroidered fabric) Synonym: dzierganie (colloquial) pavement pizza (patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground) Synonyms: paw, rzygowiny, wymioty (colloquial, derogatory) worthless product of creative activities performed without much ambition Synonyms: chała, gniot, kicz, szmira Hypernym: tandeta ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === haft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN haft in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Scots == === Etymology === From Old Norse hefð. === Noun === haft (plural hafts) alternative spelling of heft == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaft/ === Verb === haft supine of ha supine of hava == Talysh == === Etymology === Cognate with Persian هفت (haft). === Numeral === haft seven