haver

See also: Haver and häver

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

1. (Britain) To hem and haw.
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 154:

     This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.

2. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.

   Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder

   • 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles):

     And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.

   • 2004, James Campbell, “Boswell and Mrs. Miller”, in Wendy Lesser, editor, The Genius of Language, page 194:

     She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”), cognate with German Hafer (“oat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• (Cumbrian, Yorkshire) IPA^(key): /ˈavə/
  1994, Clive Upton, David Parry, J.D.A. Widdowson, 'Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar., London: Routledge, page 196:

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

haver (plural havers)

1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal).

Related terms

• haversack

Etymology 3

From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhævɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhævə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

haver (plural havers)

1. One who has something (in various senses).
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.

   • 2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:

     Because abortion would no longer be an issue (except, again, in the case of criminal sex-havers), Democrats and republicans would stop fighting […]

   • 2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the "White Fragility" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in New Yorker‎^[1]:

     Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the "havers" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.

   • 2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post‎^[2]:

     As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.

2. (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.

Synonyms

• holder
• possessor

Anagrams

• Havre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• heure
• haure (Western Catalan)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan haver, from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈvə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛ/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈveɾ/

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Verb

haver (first-person singular present he, past participle hagut)

1. auxiliary verb for compound tenses

   he fet

   I have done

Conjugation

As heure, but with shortened present indicative, and with present subjunctive with -g- instead of -gu-. The 1st person form haig is only used in haver de.

    Conjugation of haver (second conjugation, vowel stem with imperfect -via)

infinitive			haure
present participle			havent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hagut		haguda
		plural		haguts		hagudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	he	has	ha	hem	heu	han
	imperfect	havia	havies	havia	havíem	havíeu	havien
	future	hauré	hauràs	haurà	haurem	haureu	hauran
	preterite	haguí	hagueres	hagué	haguérem	haguéreu	hagueren
	conditional	hauria	hauries	hauria	hauríem	hauríeu	haurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	hagi	hagis	hagi	hàgim	hàgiu	hagin
	imperfect	hagués	haguessis	hagués	haguéssim	haguéssiu	haguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	-	-	-	-	-

Derived terms

• haver-hi
• haver de
• havedor
• temps ha

Noun

haver m (plural havers)

1. a possession
2. a credit

Further reading

• “haver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “haver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

haver c

1. indefinite plural of have

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/

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• Rhymes: -aːvər

Noun

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
2. in particular, Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses

Derived terms

Derived terms

• haveren (verb)
• haveren (adjective)
• haverachtig
• haverangel
• haverbezie
• haverbier n
• haverbreker m
• haverbrij
• haverbrood n
• havercappu, havercappuccino
• haverdistel
• haverdop
• haverdorser m
• haverdrank
• havergeel n & adjective
• havergever m
• havergort n
• havergras n
• haverhard
• haverkaf n
• haverkast
• haverkist
• haverklap
• haverkneu
• haverkneuzer m
• haverkoper m
• haverkoren n
• haverkorrel m
• haverkorst
• havermaand
• havermaat
• havermeel n
• havermout
• havermeel n
• havermelk
• havermuis
• haveroogst
• haverpap
• haverpijp
• haverrijst
• haverslag
• haverstoppel
• haverstraat
• haverstro
• havertas
• havertor
• haverveld n
• haverwortel m
• haverzaaier m
• haverzak
• haverzant
• (by oats species or cultivars and/or by use) bastaardhaver m, mussenbekhaver m, poeshaver m, presidentshaver m, troshaver m, vloghaver m, voerhaver m, zaadhaver m, zandhaver m
• (resembling plant species) haverrijst, haverslee
• brouwhaver
• janhaver m
• stokhaver m, stokmanshaver m
• studentenhaver m
• vuisthaver m

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: hâver
• →⇒ English: haversack
• → Papiamentu: haver
• → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)

Verb

haver

1. inflection of haveren:
   1. imperative
   2. first-person singular present indicative

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר‎ (khaver), from Hebrew חבר‎ (khaver, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

haver (plural haverok)

1. (slang) pal, buddy, dude

   Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás

2. (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime)

   Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	haver	haverok
accusative	havert	haverokat
dative	havernak	haveroknak
instrumental	haverral	haverokkal
causal-final	haverért	haverokért
translative	haverrá	haverokká
terminative	haverig	haverokig
essive-formal	haverként	haverokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	haverban	haverokban
superessive	haveron	haverokon
adessive	havernál	haveroknál
illative	haverba	haverokba
sublative	haverra	haverokra
allative	haverhoz	haverokhoz
elative	haverból	haverokból
delative	haverról	haverokról
ablative	havertól	haveroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	haveré	haveroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	haveréi	haverokéi

Possessive forms of haver
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	haverom	haverjaim
2nd person sing.	haverod	haverjaid
3rd person sing.	haverja	haverjai
1st person plural	haverunk	haverjaink
2nd person plural	haverotok	haverjaitok
3rd person plural	haverjuk	haverjaik

Derived terms

• haveri
• haverkodik
• haverság

 

Further reading

• haver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Verb

haver (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of havere
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎^[3], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii:

     Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflitti

     It is human to have compassion for the troubled

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew חבר‎ (khavér).

Noun

haver m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר‎, plural haverim)

1. partner, comrade, associate

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβeɾ/

Verb

haver

1. Alternative spelling of aver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of (h)aver (irregular)

Note: The etymological h as in "haver" can be dropped, thus resulting in "aver". The same goes for all of its other verbal inflections as "havendo" → "avendo".
infinitive			(h)aver
gerund			(h)avendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		(h)avudo (h)avido		(h)avudos (h)avidos
		feminine		(h)avuda (h)avida		(h)avudas (h)avidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	(h)ei	(h)ás	(h)á (h)ai	(h)avemos	(h)avedes	(h)an
	imperfect	(h)avia	(h)avias	(h)avia	(h)aviamos	(h)aviades	(h)avian
	preterite	(h)ouvi (h)ouve (h)oui (h)ove	(h)ouviste (h)ouvisti (h)ouveste	(h)ouve (h)ouvo *(h)ove	(h)ouvemos	(h)ouvestes	(h)ouveron
	pluperfect	(h)ouvera	(h)ouveras	(h)ouvera (h)oera	(h)ouveramos	(h)ouverades	(h)ouveran
	future	(h)averei	(h)averás	(h)averá	(h)averemos	(h)averedes	(h)averán
	conditional	(h)averia	(h)averias	(h)averia	(h)averiamos	(h)averiades	(h)averian
subjunctive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	(h)aja	(h)ajas	(h)aja	(h)ajamos	(h)ajades	(h)ajan
	preterite	(h)ouvesse	(h)ouvesses	(h)ouvesse	(h)ouvéssemos	(h)ouvéssedes	(h)ouvessen
	future	(h)ouver (h)oer	(h)ouveres	(h)ouver (h)oer (h)over (h)overe	(h)ouvermos (h)overmos	(h)ouverdes	(h)ouveren (h)overen
imperative		—	tu	vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	—
	affirmative	—	(h)ave	*(h)aja	(h)ajamos	(h)avede	—
	negative	—	*(h)ajas	*(h)aja	(h)ajamos	(h)ajades	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
		(h)aver	(h)averes	(h)aver	(h)avermos	(h)averdes	(h)averen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aver (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/ [ɐˈβeɾ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈve(h)/
• Homophone: a ver
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Verb

haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)

2. (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise)

   Amanhã, hei de ver o filme.

   Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.

4. (auxiliary with a verb in the masculine singular past participle) have (forms the perfect aspect)
   2. (formal, in the past tense) forms the past perfect

      Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.

      I had already gotten in when you arrived.

   4. (in the present tense, archaic) forms the present perfect

      Hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.

      I have been studying much, in these last days.

6. (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist

   Há um banco aqui perto.

   There is a bank nearby.

8. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur

   Houve um acidente na alameda.

   There was an accident in the avenue.

10. (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess

    Hei duas espadas.

    I have two swords.

12. (Brazil) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)

    Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.

    I need to recover my money.

    Synonym: reaver

14. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
16. (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

    Terminei a faculdade há um mês.

    It has been one month since I’ve finished college.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	haver
Personal	haver	haveres	haver	havermos	haverdes	haverem
Gerund
	havendo
Past participle
Masculine	havido			havidos
Feminine	havida			havidas
Indicative
Present	hei	hás	há	havemos, hemos	haveis, heis	hão
Imperfect	havia	havias	havia	havíamos	havíeis	haviam
Preterite	houve	houveste	houve	houvemos	houvestes	houveram
Pluperfect	houvera	houveras	houvera	houvéramos	houvéreis	houveram
Future	haverei	haverás	haverá	haveremos	havereis	haverão
Conditional
	haveria	haverias	haveria	haveríamos	haveríeis	haveriam
Subjunctive
Present	haja	hajas	haja	hajamos	hajais	hajam
Imperfect	houvesse	houvesses	houvesse	houvéssemos	houvésseis	houvessem
Future	houver	houveres	houver	houvermos	houverdes	houverem
Imperative
Affirmative		há	haja	hajamos	havei	hajam
Negative (não)		não hajas	não haja	não hajamos	não hajais	não hajam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

Synonyms

• (shall): ir
• (form the perfect tense): ter
• (to exist): existir, ter (Brazil)
• (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir suceder
• (to own): deter, possuir, ter
• (to regain): reaver, recuperar
• (it has been ... since): fazer

Antonyms

• (to exist): inexistir

Derived terms

• bem haja
• há tempos
• haja o que houver
• haja vista
• haver muito
• haver como
• mal haja
• não há de quê

Noun

haver m (plural haveres)

1. credit
2. (in the plural) belongings
3. (in the plural) assets

Romansch

Alternative forms

• avair (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
• adaver, aver, ver (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

haver

1. (Sursilvan) to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver (Sursilvan)

infinitive			haver
gerund			havend
past participle			giu
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	hai, vai	has	ha	havein, vein	haveis, veis	han
imperfect	havavel, vevel	havavas, vevas	havava, veva	havavan, vevan	havavas, vevas	havavan, vevan
future	vegnel a haver	vegns a haver	vegn a haver	vegnin a haver	vegnis a haver	vegnan a haver
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	havess, vess	havesses, vesses	havess, vess	havessen, vessen	havesses, vesses	havessen, vessen
indirect present	havessi, vessi	havessies, vessies	havessi, vessi	havessien, vessien	havessies, vessies	havessien, vessien
direct future	vegness a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegness a haver	vegnessen a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegnessen a haver
indirect future	vegnessi a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessi a haver	vegnessien a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessien a haver
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	hagi	hagies	hagi	haveien	haveies	hagien
past	havevi, vevi	havevies, vevies	havevi, vevi	havevien, vevien	havevies, vevies	havevien, vevien
future	vegni a haver	vegnies a haver	vegni a haver	vegnîen a haver	vegnîes a haver	vegnien a haver
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		hagies			haveies, veies

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).

Noun

haver (uncountable)

1. oats

Derived terms

• havermeal (“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
• haverpoke (“horse's nosebag”)

Descendants

• → English: haver

Etymology 2

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)

1. Alternative form of haiver

Swedish

Verb

haver

1. has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har

Anagrams

• havre