hath
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
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Verb[edit]
hath
- (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.
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Irish[edit]
Interjection 1[edit]
hath!
- Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)
Interjection 2[edit]
hath!
- Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)
References[edit]
- "hath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Middle English[edit]
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Verb[edit]
hath
- Third-person singular present indicative form of haven
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