different between hasp vs haps

English

Etymology

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-Germanic *haspij?, *hapsij? (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

Noun

hasp (plural hasps)

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. Alternative form of hesp
4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

Translations

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Translations

Anagrams

• HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, SAHP, Shap, haps, pahs, pash, psha

Irish

Noun

hasp f sg

1. h-prothesized form of asp

Swedish

Noun

hasp c

1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism

Declension

Related terms

English

Noun

haps

1. plural of hap

Verb

haps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hap

Anagrams

• HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, SAHP, Shap, hasp, pahs, pash, psha

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (habs, “imprisonment, prison”), from Arabic ?????? (?abs, “confinement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haps]

Noun

haps m (indefinite plural haps, definite singular hapsi, definite plural hapsit)

1. (Gheg) prison, penitentiary

   Synonyms: burg, hapsane, quzë, quar

2. (Gheg, by restriction) prisoner

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ?ps

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (haps), from Arabic ?????? (?abs).

Noun

h?ps m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (dated, chiefly Bosnia) prison, confinement, situation of arrest

   Synonyms: zátvor, tàmnica

Declension

Related terms

• hapsàna