helve
See also: Helve
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
helve (plural helves)
- The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
- 1917, Robert Frost, "The Ax-helve":
- It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain […]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 847:
- Happily they were only sketchily armed, the group-leaders carried pistols and pick-helves.
- A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Translations edit
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
Verb edit
helve (third-person singular simple present helves, present participle helving, simple past and past participle helved)
- (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
Translations edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *helbeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old High German helwa, helawa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
helve
Declension edit
Inflection of helve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | helve | helpeet | ||
genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten | ||
partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | ||
illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | helve | helpeet | ||
accusative | nom. | helve | helpeet | |
gen. | helpeen | |||
genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten | ||
partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | ||
inessive | helpeessä | helpeissä | ||
elative | helpeestä | helpeistä | ||
illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin | ||
adessive | helpeellä | helpeillä | ||
ablative | helpeeltä | helpeiltä | ||
allative | helpeelle | helpeille | ||
essive | helpeenä | helpeinä | ||
translative | helpeeksi | helpeiksi | ||
abessive | helpeettä | helpeittä | ||
instructive | — | helpein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “helve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Latin edit
Adjective edit
helve
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English helfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
helve
- helve (grip of an implement)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “helve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-06.