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had
English
Etymology
From Middle English hadde (preterite), yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite), ?ehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habd-, past and past participle stem of *habjan? (“to have”), equivalent to have +? -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæd/
- (had to): IPA(key): /hæt/, IPA(key): /hæd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Verb
had
- simple past tense and past participle of have.
- (auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (with a past participle).
- 2011 April 15, Ben Cooper, The Guardian, London:
- Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson?
- 2011 April 15, Ben Cooper, The Guardian, London:
- (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
- To holde myne honde, by God, I had grete payne; / For forthwyth there I had him slayne, / But that I drede mordre wolde come oute […].
- 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 24:
- If all was good and fair we met, / This earth had been the Paradise / It never look’d to human eyes / Since our first Sun arose and set.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
Derived terms
- had better
- had best
Adjective
had
- (informal) Duped.
- We've been had.
- (obsolete) Available.
Usage notes
Had, like that, is one of a very few words to be correctly used twice in succession in English, e.g. “He had had several operations previously.”
Related terms
- be had
Anagrams
- ADH, AHD, DHA, HDA, dah
Afrikaans
Verb
had
- preterite of hê; had
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *satos, from *sh?-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
Noun
had m (plural hadoù)
- (botany) seed
Central Cagayan Agta
Pronoun
had
- (interrogative) where
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech had, from Proto-Slavic *gad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??at]
- Hyphenation: had
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
had m anim
- snake
Declension
Derived terms
- hád?
- hadí
- hadice
Related terms
- hadice f
Further reading
- had in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- had in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from Proto-Indo-European *keh?d- (“hate”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
had n (singular definite hadet, not used in plural form)
- hate, hatred
Related terms
Verb
had
- imperative of hade
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
- IPA(key): /??t/
Verb
had
- singular past indicative of hebben
Hungarian
Etymology
From Old Hungarian hodu, from Proto-Ugric *kont?, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognate with Finnish kunta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?d]
- Rhymes: -?d
Noun
had (plural hadak)
- (military) army
Declension
Derived terms
- hadászat
- hadi
References
Further reading
- had in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Jersey Dutch
Verb
had
- had
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
- En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]
- A man had two sons. […]
- En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
Matal
Verb
had
- to walk, go
References
Middle English
Noun
had
- Alternative form of hod
Old Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gad?.
Noun
had m
- snake
Declension
Descendants
- Czech: had
Further reading
- “had”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition, rank, person”). Akin to Old Norse heiðr (“dignity, honor”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (haidus, “manner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /x??d/, [h??d]
Noun
h?d m (nominative plural h?das)
- person, individual
- a character
- c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual
- c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual
- individuality
- rank, status
- 9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- 9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"
- a person of the Trinity
- 10th century, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
- 10th century, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
- honor, dignity
- office (esp religious)
- state, condition; nature, manner
- gender
- 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
- 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
- (grammar) grammatical person
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- race; kindred, family; tribe, group
- choir
Declension
Related terms
- -h?d
Descendants
- Middle English: hod, hode, had, hade, hede
- English: hade, hede (obsolete)
- Scots: hade (obsolete)
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??at/
Noun
had m (genitive singular hada, nominative plural hady, genitive plural hadov, declension pattern of dub)
- snake, serpent
Declension
Derived terms
- hadí
- hadica f
Further reading
- had in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ????? (?add).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /had/, [h??d?]
Noun
had (definite accusative haddi, plural hadler)
- limit
- boundary
Declension
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gad?.
Noun
had m
- snake, serpent
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from Proto-Indo-European *sh?-tó-, past participle of *seh?- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha?d/
Noun
had m pl or m sg (singulative hedyn, plural hadau)
- seed, seeds (collectively)
- semen, sperm
Related terms
- hadu (“to sow”)
had From the web:
- what had happened was
- what has
- what had happened was gif
- what had happened was origin
- what had happened was podcast
- what had happened was richard pryor
- what had happened was meme
- what has vitamin d
betta
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the genus name.
Noun
betta (plural bettas)
- Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
Synonyms
- (Betta splendens): Siamese fighting fish
Translations
See also
- betta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- betta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Adjective
betta
- Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of good).
- 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide, 2001, page 69,
- 'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'
- 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide, 2001, page 69,
Adverb
betta
- Pronunciation spelling of better (comparative of well).
- 2003, William Jackson, And the Sea Shall Hide Them, 2005, page 202,
- “Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
- 2003, William Jackson, And the Sea Shall Hide Them, 2005, page 202,
- (slang) Pronunciation spelling of better (had better).
Anagrams
- Batte
Plautdietsch
Adjective
betta
- bitter
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse biti.
Noun
betta m
- piece
betta From the web:
- what betta fish can live together
- what betta fish eat
- what betta fish need
- what betta fish lives the longest
- what bettas can you keep together
- what betta fish should i get
- what betta fish fight
- what bettas eat
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