hath

See also: haþ and háð

English

Etymology

From Middle English hath, heth, hafth, hefth, from Old English hæfþ, hafaþ (“has”), from Proto-Germanic *habaiþi (“has”), equivalent to have +‎ -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian häd (“has”), West Frisian hat (“has”), Dutch heeft (“has”), Afrikaans het (“has, have”), German Low German hett (“has”), German hat (“has”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hăth, IPA^(key): /hæθ/

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• Rhymes: -æθ

Verb

hath

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of have

   Thirty days hath September.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 19:26:

     ... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292:

     To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.

Synonyms

• has

Related terms

• have
• hast
• has
• had

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Irish

Interjection 1

hath!

1. Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)

Interjection 2

hath!

1. Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)

References

• "hath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• haþ

Verb

hath

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of haven