haf

See also: ha'f, haf-, and HAF

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaf]

Interjection

haf

1. woof

Related terms

• hafan
• hafat

 

See also

• mňau

Further reading

• “haf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “haf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “haf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Icelandic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Proto-Germanic *habą

Old Norse haf

Icelandic haf

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

haf n (genitive singular hafs, nominative plural höf)

1. ocean, sea

   Synonyms: sjór, úthaf, (poetic) ægir, (rare) viddi

Declension

Declension of haf (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haf	hafið	höf	höfin
accusative	haf	hafið	höf	höfin
dative	hafi	hafinu	höfum	höfunum
genitive	hafs	hafsins	hafa	hafanna

Derived terms

• aðalhaf
• íshaf
• hafsjór
• Hafgufa

See also

(oceans) haf; Suður-Íshaf, Norður-Íshaf, Atlantshaf, Indlandshaf, Kyrrahaf, ^{(Category: is:Oceans)}

Middle English

Verb

haf

1. Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Old Norse

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-

Proto-Germanic *habą

Old Norse haf

From Proto-Germanic *habą.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑv/

Noun

haf n (genitive hafs, plural hǫf)

1. sea, ocean

Declension

  Declension of haf (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haf	hafit	hǫf	hǫfin
accusative	haf	hafit	hǫf	hǫfin
dative	hafi	hafinu	hǫfum	hǫfunum
genitive	hafs	hafsins	hafa	hafanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: haf
• Faroese: hav
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hav
  • Russenorsk: gaf
• Norwegian Bokmål: hav
• Danish: hav
• Swedish: hav
• → Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Abh, An Tabh
• → English: haaf
• → Scots: haaf

References

• “haf”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Verb

haf

1. second-person present imperative of hava

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch haven.

Noun

haf

1. harbour
2. port

Polish

haf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Haff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: haf

Noun

haf m inan

1. (obsolete) bay, cove, gulf (body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land)

   Synonym: zatoka

Declension

Declension of haf

	singular	plural
nominative	haf	hafy
genitive	hafu	hafów
dative	hafowi	hafom
accusative	haf	hafy
instrumental	hafem	hafami
locative	hafie	hafach
vocative	hafie	hafy

Further reading

• haf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

haf

1. imperative of hafva

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ham, from Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *samos, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /haːv/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /haː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /haːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

haf m (plural hafau, not mutable)

1. summer

   Synonym: (poetic) hefin

Derived terms

• Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
• hafaidd (“summery”)
• hafod (“summer dwelling”)
• hirddydd haf, heuldro'r haf (“summer solstice”)
• safri'r haf (“summer savory”)
• sbotiau haf (“summer spots, freckles”)

 

See also

Seasons in Welsh · tymhorau (layout · text) · category
gwanwyn (“spring”)	haf (“summer”)	hydref (“autumn”)	gaeaf (“winter”)