halda

See also: Halda, hałda, and hałdą

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.

Proto-Germanic *halþazder.

Old High German hald

Old High German halda

Middle High German halde

German Haldebor.

Czech halda

Borrowed from German Halde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦalda]

Noun

halda f

1. slag heap

   Synonyms: výsypka, odval

2. (programming) heap (data structure made of trees)
3. (programming) heap (large pool of unused memory)

Declension

Declension of halda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	halda	haldy
genitive	haldy	hald
dative	haldě	haldám
accusative	haldu	haldy
vocative	haldo	haldy
locative	haldě	haldách
instrumental	haldou	haldami

Further reading

• “halda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “halda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “halda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “halda”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalta/

Verb

halda (third person singular past indicative helt, third person plural past indicative hildu, supine hildið)

1. to hold
2. to think, to say

   eg haldi, at...

   I think, that...

Conjugation

Conjugation of halda (group v-61)

infinitive	halda
supine	hildið
	present	past
first singular	haldi	helt
second singular	heldur	helt(st)
third singular	heldur	helt
plural	halda	hildu
participle (a26)1	haldandi	hildin
	imperative
singular	halt!
plural	haldið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhalta]

  Rhymes: -alta

Verb

halda (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hélt, third-person plural past indicative héldu, supine haldið)

1. to hold (+ dative)

   Hún hélt barninu þétt að sér. ― She held the baby close.

2. to think (have an opinion)

   Já, ég held það. ― Yes, I think so.

   Nei, ég held ekki. ― No, I don't think so.

   Heldurðu að útvarpið sé bilað? ― Do you think the radio's broken?

Derived terms

• ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið
• halda á
• halda áfram
• halda framhjá
• halda ræðu
• haldinn
• haltu áfram

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• halde
• haill, håill, håll, hoillj, håillj, hoill (Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną. Akin to English hold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɑldɑ/

Verb

halda (present tense held, past tense heldt, supine halde, past participle halden, present participle haldande, imperative hald or haldt)

1. to hold
2. to do smth.

   Kva i svarte held du på med?

   What in the hell are you doing?

halda fram

1. to continue

halda seg

1. to endure, keep

   Kor lenge held denne mjølka seg?

   How long will this milk keep?

   Eg må på do. Eg klarer ikkje å halda meg lenger.

   I need the toilet. I can not keep it in any longer.

halda til

1. to stay somewhere, be somewhere

   Han held til i ei hytte i skogen.

   He is staying in a cabin in the woods.

See also

• holde (Bokmål)

References

• “halda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Verb

halda (singular past indicative helt, plural past indicative heldu, past participle haldinn)

1. to hold

Conjugation

Conjugation of halda — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	halda
present participle	haldandi
past participle	haldinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	held	helt		halda	helda
2nd person singular	heldr	helzt		haldir	heldir
3rd person singular	heldr	helt		haldi	heldi
1st person plural	hǫldum	heldum		haldim	heldim
2nd person plural	haldið	helduð		haldið	heldið
3rd person plural	halda	heldu		haldi	heldi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	halt
1st person plural	hǫldum
2nd person plural	haldið

Conjugation of halda — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	haldask
present participle	haldandisk
past participle	haldizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hǫldumk	heldumk		hǫldumk	heldumk
2nd person singular	helzk	helzk		haldisk	heldisk
3rd person singular	helzk	helzk		haldisk	heldisk
1st person plural	hǫldumsk	heldumsk		haldimsk	heldimsk
2nd person plural	haldizk	helduzk		haldizk	heldizk
3rd person plural	haldask	heldusk		haldisk	heldisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	haldsk
1st person plural	hǫldumsk
2nd person plural	haldizk

Derived terms

• haldorðr (“true to one's word”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: halda
• Faroese: halda
• Norn: halda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halda
• Old Swedish: halda, holda, halla
  • Swedish: hålla, hall (dialectal)
• Danish: holde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: holde
• Old Gutnish: halda
  • Gutnish: halde, alde, hald', halda

Further reading

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

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• holda, halla

Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Verb

halda

1. to hold
2. to keep
3. to guard, defend

Conjugation

Conjugation of halda (strong)

	present				past
infinitive	halda				—
participle	haldandi, haldande				haldin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	halder	haldi, halde	—		hælt, hiolt	hioldi, hiolde
þū	halder	haldi, halde	halt		*hælst, hiolst	hioldi, hiolde
han	halder	haldi, halde	—		hælt, hiolt	hioldi, hiolde
vīr	haldum, haldom	haldum, haldom	haldum, haldom		hioldum, hioldom	hioldum, hioldom
īr	haldin	haldin	haldin		hioldin	hioldin
þēr	halda	haldin	—		hioldu, hioldo	hioldin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	halts	haldis, haldes	—		hælt, hiolts	hioldis, hioldes
þū	halts	haldis, haldes	—		*hælst, hiolsts	hioldis, hioldes
han	halts	haldis, haldes	—		hælt, hiolts	hioldis, hioldes
vīr	haldums, -oms	haldums, haldoms	—		hioldums, hioldoms	hioldums, hioldoms
īr	haldins	haldins	—		hioldins	hioldins
þēr	haldas	haldins	—		hioldus, hioldos	hioldins

Descendants

• Swedish: hålla, hall (dialectal)

Spanish

Etymology

Doublet of falda, which see. The form shows the regular shift f → h.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalda/ [ˈal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda
• Syllabification: hal‧da

Noun

halda f (plural haldas)

1. skirt
2. a kind of sack

Derived terms

• de haldas o de mangas

Further reading

• “halda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025