haft

See also: Haft and -haft

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hæft/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɑːft/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft

Etymology 1

From Old English hæft, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
   • 1679, John Dryden, Oedipus

     This brandish'd dagger / I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.

Synonyms

• helve

Hyponyms

• hilt (sword handle)
• stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle)

Translations

handle

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: дръжка (bg) f (drǎžka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: heft (nl) n, greep (nl) m, handvat (nl) n, handgreep (nl) m
• Esperanto: tenilo
• Georgian: ვადა (ka) (vada)
• German: Heft (de) n, Griff (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: λαβή f (labḗ)

• Hebrew: קת‎ (he) f (kat), ידית‎ (he) f (yadít)
• Italian: elsa (it) f, coccia (it) f, impugnatura (it) f, guardamano m, presa (it) f, ansa (it) f, maniglia (it) f, manopola (it) f

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: manubrium n
• Mongolian: бариул (mn) (bariul)
• Portuguese: cabo (pt) m
• Russian: ру́чка (ru) f (rúčka), рукоя́тка (ru) f (rukojátka), черено́к (ru) m (čerenók)
• Scottish Gaelic: lurgann f
• Spanish: empuñadura (es) m, asidero m
• Swedish: skaft (sv) n, handtag (sv) n
• Tagalog: puluhan, landa (tl) (axe)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Verb

haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)

1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle

Derived terms

• haftable

Translations

fit a handle

• Bulgarian: слагам дръжка (slagam drǎžka)

• Dutch: er een handvat aanzetten, vatten (nl)
• Galician: manchar (gl), mangar
• Swedish: skafta

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hefð.

Alternative forms

• heft

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

1. (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.

Translations

mountain pasture

• Bulgarian: планинско пасище n (planinsko pasište)

• Dutch: alpenweide, alm (nl) f
• Swedish: säter c, fäbodvall (sv) c

Anagrams

• Fath

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑfd̥]

Verb

haft

1. past participle of have

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haft/
  • Rhymes: -aft

Noun

haft n (genitive singular hafts, nominative plural höft)

1. (of a horse) hobble
2. (in the plural) restrictions
3. (anatomy) frenulum
4. (genetics, of a chromosome) constriction

Declension

declension of haft

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haft	haftið	höft	höftin
accusative	haft	haftið	höft	höftin
dative	hafti	haftinu	höftum	höftunum
genitive	hafts	haftsins	hafta	haftanna

Derived terms

• aukahaft (secondary constriction)
• baklituhaft (posterior synechia)
• baugslituhaft (annular synechia)
• dausgarnarlokuhaft (frenulum valvae ilealis)
• dreift þráðhaft (diffuse centromere)
• efrivararhaft (frenulum labii superioris)
• forhúðarhaft (frenulum preputii penis)
• framlituhaft (anterior synechia)
• fylgiþráðhaft (centromerus comitans)
• hæðarhaft (altitude hold)
• haftaskurður (synechotomy)
• haftasvæði (restricted area)
• haft efra mænukylfutjalds (frenulum veli medullaris superioris)
• ljósstreymisstuðull straumhafts (ballast lumen factor)
• meðalhaftlengd (mean free path)
• meyjarhaft (hymen)
• meyjarhaftsdoppur (carunculae hymenales)
• neðrivararhaft (frenulum labii inferioris)
• oplaust meyjarhaft (imperforate hymen)
• skapabarmahaft (frenulum labiorum pudendi)
• snípshaft (frenulum clitoridis)
• þráðhaft (centromere)
• þráðhaftskúla (spherula centromeri)
• þráðhaftslaus (acentric)
• tunguhaft (frenulum linguae; ankyloglossia, tongue-tie)

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Old Norse

Participle

haft

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hafðr

Verb

haft

1. supine of hafa

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Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German haft (“chain link”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaft/

• Audio

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Noun

haft m inan

1. embroidery

Declension

declension of haft

	singular	plural
nominative	haft	hafty
genitive	haftu	haftów
dative	haftowi	haftom
accusative	haft	hafty
instrumental	haftem	haftami
locative	hafcie	haftach
vocative	hafcie	hafty

Related terms

• haftować

Further reading

• haft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• haft in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse hefð.

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

1. Alternative spelling of heft

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaft/

Verb

haft

1. supine of ha.
2. supine of hava.