há

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Caolan

Numeral

há

1. five

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaː]

Noun

há n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Further reading

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

Dakota

Noun

há

1. skin, hide

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: háð
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, plural há)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	há	háið	há	háini
accusative	há	háið	há	háini
dative	hái	háinum	háum	háunum
genitive	hás	hásins	háa	háanna

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Interjection

há!

1. ha!

Derived terms

• há há!

Galician

Verb

há

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ghomala'

Verb

há alternate of ? (alternate form unattested)

1. to give

   Tâlá kə̀ yó bɛ̌ há bî Nɔ̂nɔ̌. ― Tala bought Nono a pot.

See also

• bí (“to”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaː]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

há

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	há	hák
accusative	hát	hákat
dative	hának	háknak
instrumental	hával	hákkal
causal-final	háért	hákért
translative	hává	hákká
terminative	háig	hákig
essive-formal	háként	hákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hában	hákban
superessive	hán	hákon
adessive	hánál	háknál
illative	hába	hákba
sublative	hára	hákra
allative	hához	hákhoz
elative	hából	hákból
delative	háról	hákról
ablative	hától	háktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	háé	háké
non-attributive possessive – plural	háéi	hákéi

Possessive forms of há

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hám	háim
2nd person sing.	hád	háid
3rd person sing.	hája	hái
1st person plural	hánk	háink
2nd person plural	hátok	háitok
3rd person plural	hájuk	háik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• há in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, nominative plural há)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Declension

Declension of há (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	há	háið	há	háin
accusative	há	háið	há	háin
dative	hái	háinu	háum	háunum
genitive	hás	hásins	háa	háanna

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

há f (genitive singular hár or háar, nominative plural hár)

1. aftergrass, aftermath

Declension

Declension of há (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	há	háin	hár	hárnar
accusative	há	hána	hár	hárnar
dative	há	hánni	hám	hánum
genitive	hár, háar	hárinnar, háarinnar	háa	hánna

Etymology 3

Compare Proto-Germanic *hawāną and Icelandic háð.

Verb

há (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative háði, supine háð)

1. to injure, to handicap, to bother [with dative]

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑ⁵⁵/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

há

1. (Patsho, transitive) to cap or cover something in such a way that the intended part is hidden.

   Jujie liangkü küha nü ha louhva naih mei nye.

   It is good to put on the cap please.

   Jujie liangkü chamshah kie nü akap nü ha-jeih kü ateuva.

   Please close the pen by its cover or please put on the pen's cover.

2. (Patsho, transitive) to stick a sharp tool on or onto something so that the object is left standing without support.

   Jiu nü shau-oh nü ha thiu teu nyü no kouni?

   Whose crow bar is left sticking on the ground here?

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ha — nonstandard

Romanization

há (ha², Zhuyin ㄏㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虻
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝦 / 虾

Navajo

Postposition

há

1. for him/her/it/one/them, for his/her/its/one's/their sake
2. in his/her/its/one's/their favor

Inflection

Forms of há

	singular	duoplural
1st person	shá	nihá
2nd person	ná	nihá
3rd person	bá
4th person (3o)	yá
4th person (3a)	há
4th person (3i)	á	—
reflexive	ádá	—
reciprocal	—	ahá

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

há

1. eh! what do you say?

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚺᚨ (haha), from Proto-Germanic *hah(w)ō, cognate with Faroese hógvur and Norwegian Nynorsk hå.

Noun

há f

1. aftergrass

Declension

Declension of há (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	há	háin	hár	hárnar
accusative	há	hána	hár	hárnar
dative	há	hánni	hám	hánum
genitive	hár	hárinnar	há	hánna

Descendants

• Icelandic: há f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hå m or f
• Norwegian Bokmål: hå m or f

Etymology 3

Verb

há

1. Alternative form of hafa

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

há

1. inflection of hár:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Noun

há

1. inflection of hár:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative singular
   2. indefinite genitive plural
2. inflection of hár:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “há”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 186; also available at the Internet Archive

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese á, from Vulgar Latin *at, from Latin habet.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: á, à, -á, a-
• Hyphenation: há

Verb

há

1. inflection of haver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

Derived terms

• -á

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?].

Verb

há

1. to eat

Shabo

Verb

há

1. to kill

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haː˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *haʔ; cognates include Proto-Bahnaric *haː (“to open mouth”) (whence Bahnar ha), Khmer ហា (haa), Mon ဟာ (“to gape open”). Compare also hả, also has the same meaning, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *hah.

Verb

há • (呵, 𠹛)

1. (onomatopoeia) to open one's mouth

   Há mồm!

   Open wide!

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

há • (𧯶, 可, 呵, 𠹛)

1. (literary) isn't it

   Ấy há phải là ác hay sao?

   Is it not evil-doing?