hath
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
Verb
hath
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of have
- Thirty days hath September.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version
- ... 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, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
- 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
Interjection 1
hath!
- Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)
Interjection 2
hath!
- Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
Verb
hath
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