haver

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Unknown.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

  1. (UK) To hem and haw
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 154
      This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.
  2. (Scotland) To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble
    • 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
      And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.
    • 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), p. 194
      She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”), cognate with German Hafer (“oat”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

haver (plural havers)

  1. The cereal oats.

Etymology 3 [edit]

have +‎ -er

Noun [edit]

haver (plural havers)

  1. One who has, possesses etc.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms [edit]

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

Noun [edit]

haver m (plural havers)

  1. A possession
  2. A credit

Related terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

haver (first-person singular present he, past participle hagut)

  1. To have, as an auxiliary verb for compound tenses
    • He fet.
      • I have done.

Conjugation [edit]

As heure, but with shortened present indicative, and with present subjunctive with -g- instead of -gu-. The 1st person form haig is only used in haver de.

    Conjugation of haver (second conjugation, vowel stem with imperfect -via)
infinitive haure
present participle havent
past participle hagut
person singular plural
first second third first second third
Indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present he has ha hem heu han
imperfect havia havies havia havíem havíeu havien
future hauré hauràs haurà haurem haureu hauran
preterite haguí hagueres hagué haguérem haguéreu hagueren
conditional hauria hauries hauria hauríem hauríeu haurien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella nosaltres vosaltres ells/elles
present hagi hagis hagi hàgim hàgiu hagin
imperfect hagués haguessis hagués haguéssim haguéssiu haguessin
imperative - tu ell/ella nosaltres vosaltres ells/elles
- - - - -

Derived terms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

haver (first-person singular present hec, past participle hagut)

  1. Alternative form of heure (Eastern) or haure (Western).

Conjugation [edit]

See heure or haure.

References [edit]

Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

haver c

  1. plural indefinite of have

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Uncertain, plausibly from Middle Dutch haver, probably of Germanic origin given many apparent cognates such as Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje)

  1. Any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
  2. Especially Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses

Derived terms [edit]

Derived terms

Descendants [edit]

Verb [edit]

haver

  1. imperative of haveren
  2. first-person singular present indicative of haveren

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From the Yiddish  (chawer), from the Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈhɒvɛr/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Noun [edit]

haver (plural haverok)

  1. (slang) pal, buddy

Declension [edit]

declension of haver
singular plural
nominative haver haverok
accusative havert haverokat
dative havernak haveroknak
instrumental haverral haverokkal
causal-final haverért haverokért
translative haverrá haverokká
terminative haverig haverokig
essive-formal haverként haverokként
essive-modal - -
inessive haverban haverokban
superessive haveron haverokon
adessive havernál haveroknál
illative haverba haverokba
sublative haverra haverokra
allative haverhoz haverokhoz
elative haverból haverokból
delative haverról haverokról
ablative havertól haveroktól
possessives of haver
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. haverom haverjaim
2nd person sing. haverod haverjaid
3rd person sing. haverja haverjai
1st person plural haverunk haverjaink
2nd person plural haverotok haverjaitok
3rd person plural haverjuk haverjaik

Ladino [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Hebrew חבר.

Noun [edit]

haver m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר)

  1. partner, comrade

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I have, I hold, I possess”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /aˈver/
  • (Paulista) IPA: /aˈve(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA: /aˈve(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈveɾ/

Verb [edit]

haver (first-person singular present indicative hei, past participle havido)

  1. (catenative, used with “de”) ought to;
    "Amanhã, hei de ver o filme." - Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.
  2. have (auxiliary verb, used to form the perfect tense)
    "Eu já havia entrado quando você chegou." - I had already got in when you arrived.
    "Eu hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias." - I have been studying a lot, last days
  3. (impersonal) There be; to exist.
    "Há um banco aqui perto." - There is a bank nearby.
  4. To happen; to occur.
  5. (archaic) To have; to own; to possess.
  6. To recover; to regain

Conjugation [edit]

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb haver
Notes:
  • This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: haver.
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele/ela/você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal haver
Personal haver haveres haver havermos haverdes haverem
Gerund
havendo
Past participle
Masculine havido havidos
Feminine havida havidas
Indicative
Present hei hás há havemos haveis hão
Imperfect havia havias havia havíamos havíeis haviam
Preterite houve houveste houve houvemos houvestes houveram
Pluperfect houvera houveras houvera houvéramos houvéreis houveram
Future haverei haverás haverá haveremos havereis haverão
Conditional haveria haverias haveria haveríamos haveríeis haveriam
Subjunctive
Present haja hajas haja hajamos hajais hajam
Imperfect houvesse houvesses houvesse houvéssemos houvésseis houvessem
Future houver houveres houver houvermos houverdes houverem
Imperative
Affirmative haja há haja hajamos havei hajam
Negative (não) haja hajas haja hajamos hajais hajam

Synonyms [edit]

Antonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Noun [edit]

haver m (plural haveres)

  1. outstanding debt

Synonyms [edit]

Swedish [edit]

Verb [edit]

haver

  1. has, have; present tense of hava., an older word of har.
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