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haply
English
Etymology
From Middle English happely, hapliche, happeliche; equivalent to hap +? -ly.
Adverb
haply (literary, archaic)
- By accident or luck.
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred […]
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- Perhaps.
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- "O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people."
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
Related terms
- hap
Translations
Anagrams
- phyla
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hap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), from Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hamp? (“convenience, happiness”), from Proto-Indo-European *kob- (“good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”). Cognate with Icelandic happ (“hap, chance, good luck”). Related also to Icelandic heppinn (“lucky, fortunate, happy”), Old Danish hap (“fortunate”), Old English ?ehæp (“fit, convenient”), Swedish hampa (“to turn out”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kob?, “fate”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
The verb is from Middle English happen, from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijan? (“to fit in, be fitting”), from the noun. Cognate with Old Danish happe (“to chance, happen”), Norwegian heppa (“to occur, happen”).
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- (slang, in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on.
- (archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.
Synonyms
- (happenings): affairs; see also Thesaurus:occurrence
- (an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event): hazard, serendipity; see also Thesaurus:luck
Derived terms
See also
- what's the haps
Verb
hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)
- (intransitive, literary) To happen; to befall; to chance.
- Synonyms: come to pass, occur, transpire; see also Thesaurus:happen
- (transitive, literary) To happen to.
Etymology 2
From Old English hap.
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- (Britain, Scotland, Western Pennsylvania, dialect) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.
Verb
hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)
- (dialect) To wrap, clothe.
- 1859, John Brown, Rab and his Friends
- The surgeon happed her up carefully.
- 1859, John Brown, Rab and his Friends
Etymology 3
Shortening of Haplochromis
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.
Anagrams
- AHP, PAH, PHA, pah
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skapa, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, split, dig”). Compare English shape, German schaffen (“make, create”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”). Compare Low German apen, Icelandic opna, Norwegian åpne (“to open”), English open.
Verb
hap (first-person singular past tense hapa, participle hapur)
- to open
- Synonym: çel
Conjugation
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p/
- Hyphenation: hap
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hap m (plural happen, diminutive hapje n)
- (often diminutive) bite
- chunk
- (often diminutive) snack, light meal
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
hap
- first-person singular present indicative of happen
- imperative of happen
Irish
Alternative forms
- hop
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Noun
hap m (genitive singular hap, nominative plural hapanna)
- hop
- blow
Declension
Further reading
- "hap" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “hap” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- happe, hape, heppe
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse happ.
Noun
hap (plural happes)
- luck (whether good or bad)
Descendants
- English: hap
- Yola: hap
References
- “hap, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (hap), from Arabic ????? (?abb, “grains, seeds, pills”).
Noun
hap n (plural hapuri)
- pill (medicine)
Declension
Seri
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p/
Noun
hap (plural hap)
- deer
Synonyms
- ziix heecot quiih
Derived terms
- hap itaamalca quih an ihatoaasxaj
- hap itapxeen
- hap oaacajam
- ipnaail
References
- Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, ?ISBN, page 334.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English half.
Noun
hap
- half
- part
- place, one of a few places
Adverb
hap
- there
Derived terms
- hap sankamap
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (?abb, “grains, seeds, pills”).
Noun
hap (definite accusative hab?, plural haplar)
- pill
Declension
Descendants
- Greek: ???? (chápi, “pill”)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hap.
Noun
hap
- chance, look
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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