hav

See also: HAV, häv, and håv

English

Verb

hav (third-person singular simple present has, present participle having, simple past and past participle had)

Informal spelling of have.
- 1895 May 18, The Truth Seeker: A Journal of Freethought and Reform, New York, N.Y., page 312, column 1:
  I giv full credit, I hope, to the earnest persons who stand ready to make liberal donations toward the founding of schools from which the Bible and religious exercises shall be forever excluded. […] I hav noticed in the parts of our country I hav visited that children seem to be better provided with instruction than with almost anything else. […] The founding of separate and exclusiv institutions of learning must of course make his burden heavier, and we would also be open to the charge, which we make against the Catholics, of being enemies of the public schools.

Usage notes

May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

Anagrams

Váh, vah

Cornish

Alternative forms

hâv (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

From Old Cornish haf, from Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *samos, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-. Compare Welsh haf.

Noun

hav m (plural havow or havyow)

(Standard Written Form) summer

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, cognate with Swedish hav, German Haff (“bay”) (from Low German).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haw/, [ˈhɑw]

Noun

hav n (singular definite havet, plural indefinite have)

sea, ocean (large body of salt water)
(figurative) multitude, large amount

Declension

Declension of *hav*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havet	have	havene
genitive	havs	havets	haves	havenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha/, [ˈha]

Verb

hav

imperative of have

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛaːv/
Rhymes: -ɛaːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Noun

hav n (genitive singular havs, plural høv)

sea, ocean between two lands

Declension

n5	singular		plural
n5	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
accusative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
dative	havi	havinum	høvum	høvunum
genitive	havs	havsins	hava	havanna

Synonyms

sjógvur (all sea on Earth, big waves)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the verb hevja.

Noun

hav n (genitive singular havs, plural høv)

lifting stone

Declension

n5	singular		plural
n5	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
accusative	hav	havið	høv	høvini
dative	havi	havinum	høvum	høvunum
genitive	havs	havsins	hava	havanna

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hav

imperative singular of hava

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Noun

hav n (definite singular havet, indefinite plural hav, definite plural hava or havene)

ocean or sea (often incorporated into the proper names of seas and oceans with the suffix -havet)

Derived terms

References

“hav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɑːʋ/

Noun

hav n (definite singular havet, indefinite plural hav, definite plural hava, genitive definite singular havsens, genitive indefinite singular havs)

ocean or sea (see note above)
Bestefaren min sigla på dei sju hav. ― My grandfather sailed the seven seas.

Derived terms

References

“hav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

hav

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɑːv/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːv

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish haf, from Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Alternative forms

haf (obsolete since 1906)

Noun

hav n

sea, ocean
Synonyms: ocean, saltsjö, sjö

segla på havet
sail on the sea

I ett hav finns det mycket vatten
In an ocean, there is a lot of water
- 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎^[1]:
  Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!
  But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the ocean depths ["the sea's depth(s)" – intuitively "depth," though the plural is identical – singular is idiomatic in "dras ner i djupet" (be pulled into the depths [depth]), for example] it comes, and it sounds like that: Hey ho! Hey ho! [Or "and it sounds like so," but that is an idiomatic way of saying "and it sounds like that," whereas "and it sounds like this" would normally be put as "och det låter så här." The official lyrics have a colon.]

Declension

Declension of *hav*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hav	havs
singular	definite	havet	havets
plural	indefinite	hav	havs
plural	definite	haven	havens

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hav

imperative of hava

References

hav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
hav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
hav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
hav in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Turkish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hav/

Interjection

hav

The sound a dog makes, bark