Definitions and meaning of haft
haft
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hæft/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːft/
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- Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft
Etymology 1
From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
Noun
haft (plural hafts)
- The handle of a tool or weapon.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- hilt (sword handle)
- stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle)
Translations
Verb
haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)
- (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
- (transitive) To grip by the handle.
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse hefð.
Alternative forms
Noun
haft (plural hafts)
- (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
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Danish
Pronunciation
Verb
haft
- past participle of have
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
haft n (genitive singular hafts, nominative plural höft)
- (of a horse) hobble
- (in the plural) restrictions
- (anatomy) frenulum
- (genetics, of a chromosome) constriction
Declension
Derived terms
- aukahaft (secondary constriction)
- baklituhaft (posterior synechia)
- baugslituhaft (annular synechia)
- dausgarnarlokuhaft (frenulum valvae ilealis)
- dreift þráðhaft (diffuse centromere)
- efrivararhaft (frenulum labii superioris)
- forhúðarhaft (frenulum preputii penis)
- framlituhaft (anterior synechia)
- fylgiþráðhaft (centromerus comitans)
- hæðarhaft (altitude hold)
- haftaskurður (synechotomy)
- haftasvæði (restricted area)
- haft efra mænukylfutjalds (frenulum veli medullaris superioris)
- ljósstreymisstuðull straumhafts (ballast lumen factor)
- meðalhaftlengd (mean free path)
- meyjarhaft (hymen)
- meyjarhaftsdoppur (carunculae hymenales)
- neðrivararhaft (frenulum labii inferioris)
- oplaust meyjarhaft (imperforate hymen)
- skapabarmahaft (frenulum labiorum pudendi)
- snípshaft (frenulum clitoridis)
- þráðhaft (centromere)
- þráðhaftskúla (spherula centromeri)
- þráðhaftslaus (acentric)
- tunguhaft (frenulum linguae; ankyloglossia, tongue-tie)
Old Norse
Participle
haft
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hafðr
Verb
haft
- supine of hafa
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German haft, from Old High German hafta, from Proto-Germanic *haftō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaft/
- Rhymes: -aft
- Syllabification: haft
Noun
haft m inan (diminutive hafcik)
- embroidery (ornamentation of fabric using needlework)
- Synonym: hafciarstwo
- embroidery (piece of embroidered fabric)
- Synonym: dzierganie
- (colloquial) pavement pizza (patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground)
- Synonyms: paw, rzygowiny, wymioty
- (colloquial, derogatory) worthless product of creative activities performed without much ambition
- Synonyms: chała, gniot, kicz, szmira
- Hypernym: tandeta
Declension
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Further reading
- haft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- haft in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse hefð.
Noun
haft (plural hafts)
- Alternative spelling of heft
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
haft
- supine of ha
- supine of hava
Talysh
Etymology
Cognate with Persian هفت (haft).
Numeral
haft
- seven
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