há

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaː/

Noun

há n

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

Further reading

• há in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• há in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dakota

Noun

há

1. skin, hide

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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.

Declension

Declension of há
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!

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaː]

• Audio

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Noun

há

1. The name of the Latin-script letter 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 / 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.)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

Noun

há n (genitive singular hás, nominative plural há)

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

Declension

declension of há

n-s	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

Noun

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

1. aftergrass, aftermath

Declension

declension of há

f-s1	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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, with dative) to injure, to handicap

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Mandarin

Romanization

há (Zhuyin ㄏㄚˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 虻
2. Pinyin transcription of 蛤
3. Pinyin transcription of 蝦

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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

Navajo postpositions

	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

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Interjection

há

1. eh! what do you say?

Etymology 2

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

• 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 main entry.

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

References

• há in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ha (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/
• Homophones: a, à, á, ah

Verb

há

1. (impersonal verb) there is; there are.
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of haver
3. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of haver

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?].

Verb

há

1. to eat

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Shabo

Verb

há

1. to kill

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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) and Khmer ហា (haa). Compare also hả, also has the same meaning, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *hah.

Verb

há • (𠹛)

1. to open (mouth)

Etymology 2

Particle

há

1. (literary) isn't it

   Ấy há phải là ác hay sao?

   Is it not evil-doing?