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haar
English
Etymology
Related to Middle Dutch hare and modern Dutch haere.
Noun
haar (countable and uncountable, plural haars)
- Coastal fog along the coast of North East England and Scotland bordering the North Sea.
Anagrams
- Hara
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???r/
Etymology 1
From Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic *hez?i.
Pronoun
haar (subject sy)
- her (object)
See also
Etymology 2
From Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hira, from Proto-Germanic *hez?z.
Determiner
haar
- her
Etymology 3
From Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch h?r, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?.
Noun
haar (plural hare)
- hair
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Härre, hoar, hoor, hàre
Etymology
From Old High German h?r, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår.
Noun
haar n
- (Formazza, anatomy) hair (the long hair on a person's head)
References
- “haar” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- har (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German h?r, from Old High German h?r, from Proto-West Germanic *h?r, from Proto-Germanic *h?r? (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.
Noun
haar n
- (Sette Comuni) hair
References
- “haar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- “haar” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?r/
- Hyphenation: haar
- Rhymes: -a?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic *hez?i.
Pronoun
haar f
- (personal) Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun: her
- (1) accusative personal pronoun, (2) dative personal pronoun
Inflection
Descendants
- Afrikaans: haar
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hira, from Proto-Germanic *hez?z.
Determiner
haar (dependent possessive, independent possessive hare, contracted form 'r)
- Third-person singular, feminine possessive adjective: her
- Wikipedia, Dood van Diana Frances Spencer
- Op 31 augustus 1997 overleed Diana Frances Spencer, Prinses van Wales bij een auto-ongeluk in een tunnel bij de Pont de l'Alma in Parijs, samen met haar vriend Dodi Al-Fayed en hun chauffeur. — On August 31, 1997, Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, died in a car accident in a tunnel by the Pont de l'Alma in Paris, together with her friend Dodi Al-Fayed and their driver.
- Wikipedia, Dood van Diana Frances Spencer
Inflection
Synonyms
- heur (archaic or dialectal variant)
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch haer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic *hez??.
Determiner
haar (dependent possessive, independent possive hare)
- (archaic) Third-person plural possessive adjective: their
Usage notes
- Haar (“their”) was the normal Middle Dutch form for all genders in the plural. In modern Dutch, hun successively replaced haar in this function. Some writers of the 19th and early 20th century made a learned distinction, using hun as the masculine and neuter plural, but haar for the feminine in both singular and plural: mannen en hunne vrouwen (“men and their wives”) versus vrouwen en hare mannen (“women and their husbands”).
Synonyms
- (their): hun
Etymology 4
From Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch h?r, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?.
Noun
haar n or c (plural haren, diminutive haartje n)
- (uncountable) hair (collection of hairs)
- (countable) hair (mammalian keratin filament)
Usage notes
- The noun is traditionally neuter in all senses. As a countable noun, it is now sometimes of common gender.
Derived terms
- behaard
- haarloos
- haarspoeling
- haarzeep
- harig
- hoofdhaar
- krulhaar
- ontharen
- snorhaar
- verharen
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a???
Verb
haar
- singular imperative of haaren
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of haaren
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ár (“slaughter”), from Proto-Celtic *agrom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?ro- (“hunt”); compare Greek ???? (ágra, “hunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??r/
Noun
haar m (genitive singular haar, plural haaryn)
- slaughter
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
haar
- Alternative form of hare (“hare”)
Semai
Alternative forms
- har
Pronoun
haar
- we (you and I) (1st person dual pronoun, inclusive)
See also
References
Scots
Noun
haar (uncountable)
- sea fog
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haaf
English
Alternative forms
- haave
Etymology
From Old Norse haf (“the sea”). Cognate with Danish hav, Old English hæf (Etymology 2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?f/
Noun
haaf
- (fishing, Shetland, Scotland) the open sea, especially as a place to fish
- (fishing, Shetland) the practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk
- 2005, James Coull, 7: The development of fishing communities with special reference to Scotland, Jonathan Potts, Hance D. Smith (editors), Managing Britain's Marine and Coastal Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future, page 145,
- Although men concentrated at the main haaf stations during the summer fishing season, they reverted to their homes in crofting townships for the remainder of the year.
- 2005, James Coull, 7: The development of fishing communities with special reference to Scotland, Jonathan Potts, Hance D. Smith (editors), Managing Britain's Marine and Coastal Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future, page 145,
Derived terms
Scots
Alternative forms
- haaff, haf, haff
Etymology
From Old Norse haf (“the sea”). Cognate with Danish hav, Old English hæf (Etymology 2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?(?)f/
Noun
haaf (uncountable)
- (archaic, Orkney, Shetland) the deep sea beyond coastal waters
- (fishing, Shetland) the deep-sea fishing carried out 30-40 miles offshore in open boats
- (fishing, Orkney, Shetland) deep-sea fishing, especially for cod, ling, tusk, etc.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “haaf” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[1], 2016.
- “haaf” in John J Graham, The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, 1979, ?ISBN.
- Flaws, Margaret; Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, ?ISBN
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