had

See also: -had and háð

English

Etymology

From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habd-, past and past participle stem of *habjaną (“to have”), equivalent to have +‎ -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /hæd/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -æd

Verb

had

1. simple past tense and past participle of have.
   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park, volume I, London: T[homas] Egerton, OCLC 39810224, page 1:

     About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, […].

2. (auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (with a past participle).
   • 2011 April 15, Ben Cooper, The Guardian, London:

     Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson?

3. (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have.
   • 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:

     To holde myne honde, by God, I had grete payne; / For forthwyth there I had him slayne, / But that I drede mordre wolde come oute […].

   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:

     Julius Cæsar had escaped death, if going to the Senate-house, that day wherein he was murthered by the Conspirators, he had read a memorial which was presented unto him.

   • 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 24:

     If all was good and fair we met, / This earth had been the Paradise / It never look’d to human eyes / Since our first Sun arose and set.

Adjective

had

1. (obsolete) Available.
   • 1485, William Caxton, The Preface to Le Morte d'Arthur:

     Which be not had in our maternal tongue.

Related terms

• be had

Usage notes

Had, like that, is one of a very few words to be correctly used twice in succession in English, e.g. “He had had several operations previously.”

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: it · for · as · #16: had · you · not · be

Anagrams

• ADH, AHD, DHA, HDA, dah

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Afrikaans

Verb

had

1. preterite of hê; had

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *satos, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.

Noun

had m (plural hadoù)

1. (botany) seed

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Central Cagayan Agta

Pronoun

had

1. (interrogative) where

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦat/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

had m

1. snake

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	had	hadi, hadové
genitive	hada	hadů
dative	hadovi, hadu	hadům
accusative	hada	hady
vocative	hade	hadi, hadové
locative	hadovi, hadu	hadech
instrumental	hadem	hady

Derived terms

• hádě
• hadí

Related terms

• hadice f

Further reading

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

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“hate”), *ḱād-.

Noun

had n (singular definite hadet, not used in plural form)

1. hate, hatred

Related terms

Related terms

• fremmedhad n
• hade
• hadefuld
• hadegave c

• hadfyldt
• had-kærlighed c
• had-kærligheds-forhold n

• hadsk
• racehad n
• selvhad n

Verb

had

1. imperative of hade

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA^(key): /ɦɑt/

Verb

had

1. singular past indicative of hebben

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Old Hungarian hadu, from Proto-Ugric *kontə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?] *kunta. Cognate with Finnish kunta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒd]

• Audio

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Noun

had (plural hadak)

1. (military) army

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	had	hadak
accusative	hadat	hadakat
dative	hadnak	hadaknak
instrumental	haddal	hadakkal
causal-final	hadért	hadakért
translative	haddá	hadakká
terminative	hadig	hadakig
essive-formal	hadként	hadakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hadban	hadakban
superessive	hadon	hadakon
adessive	hadnál	hadaknál
illative	hadba	hadakba
sublative	hadra	hadakra
allative	hadhoz	hadakhoz
elative	hadból	hadakból
delative	hadról	hadakról
ablative	hadtól	hadaktól

Possessive forms of had
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hadam	hadaim
2nd person sing.	hadad	hadaid
3rd person sing.	hada	hadai
1st person plural	hadunk	hadaink
2nd person plural	hadatok	hadaitok
3rd person plural	haduk	hadaik

Derived terms

• hadi

(Compound words):

• hadgyakorlat
• hadjárat
• hadnagy
• hadsereg

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Jersey Dutch

Verb

had

1. had
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]

     A man had two sons. […]

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Novial

Verb

had

1. past tense of ha

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition, rank, person”). Akin to Old Norse heiðr (“dignity, honor”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “manner”).

Noun

hād m (nominative plural hādas)

1. person, individual; character
2. individuality
3. rank, order; degree
4. honor, dignity
5. office (esp religious)
6. state, condition; nature, manner
7. sex, gender
8. race; kindred, family; tribe, group
9. choir

Declension

Declension of had (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hād	hādas
accusative	hād	hādas
genitive	hādes	hāda
dative	hāde	hādum

Related terms

• -hād

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦat/

Noun

had m (genitive singular hada, nominative plural hady, genitive plural hadov, declension pattern of dub)

1. snake, serpent

Declension

Declension of had

	singular	plural
nominative	had	hady
genitive	hada	hadov
dative	hadovi	hadom
accusative	hada	hady
locative	hadovi	hadoch
instrumental	hadom	hadmi

Derived terms

• hadí
• hadica f

Further reading

• had in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَدّ‏ (ḥadd).

Noun

had (definite accusative hadı, plural hadlar)

1. limit
2. boundary

Declension

declension of had

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	had	hadlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	hadı	hadları
dative (yönelme)	hada	hadlara
locative (bulunma)	hadda	hadlarda
ablative (ayrılma)	haddan	hadlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	hadın	hadların

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.

Noun

had m

1. snake, serpent

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁-tó-, past participle of *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːd/

Noun

had m (collective, singulative hedyn, plural hadau)

1. seed, seeds (collectively)
2. semen, sperm

Related terms

• hadu