haint

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heɪnt/ Rhymes: -eɪnt === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== haint (third-person singular simple present haints, present participle hainting, simple past and past participle hainted) (US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt. ==== Noun ==== haint (plural haints) (US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt. ===== Derived terms ===== haint blue ===== Related terms ===== ha'nt, hant, harnt === Etymology 2 === ==== Contraction ==== haint (dialectal) Alternative form of ain't. === Anagrams === hatin', ahint, Ihnat, Thain, Intha, IHNTA == Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === hoint (Luserna) === Etymology === From Middle High German *heinaht, from Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”), from hī (“this”, from Proto-Germanic *hiz) + naht (“night”). Cognate with obsolete German heint, heinacht (“tonight”), Bavarian heint (“today”). === Adverb === haint (Sette Comuni) this evening ==== Derived terms ==== haintenacht (“tonight”) ==== Related terms ==== hôar === References === “haint” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo == Irish == === Noun === haint f sg h-prothesized form of aint == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hai̯nt/ === Noun === haint f (plural heintiau, not mutable) infection, disease Synonyms: clefyd, heintiad plague, pestilence Synonyms: pla, bad ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “infection”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “pestilence”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[4], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “haint”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “haint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies