habban

habban

Hungarian

Etymology

hab +‎ -ban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒbːɒn]
• Hyphenation: hab‧ban

Noun

habban

1. inessive singular of hab

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hafian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“take, seize”). Cognate with Old Frisian hebba, Old Saxon hebbian (Low German hebben), Dutch hebben, Old High German habēn (German haben), Old Norse hafa (Swedish ha, hava, Danish have), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap (“grip”), Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian хапать (xapatʹ), Bulgarian хапя (hápja)), Baltic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑb.bɑn/

Verb

habban

1. to have, to possess
2. (auxiliary) have (used with a participle to express the perfect tense)
   • early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle

     Þās þing wē habbaþ be him ġewriten.

     We have written these things about him.

Usage notes

• As an auxiliary, habban was used with transitive verbs, while wesan or bēon were used with intransitive verbs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of habban (weak class 3)

infinitive	habban	tō hæbbenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hæbbe, habbe, hafo, hafu	hæfde
2nd-person singular	hæfst	hæfdest
3rd-person singular	hæfþ	hæfde
plural	habbaþ	hæfdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	hæbbe	hæfde
plural	hæbben	hæfden
imperative
singular	hafa
plural	habbaþ
participle	present	past
	hæbbende	(ġe)hæfd

Derived terms

• āhabban
• behabban
• forhabban
• ġehabban
• oferhabban
• ofhabban
• onhabban
• wiþerhabban
• wiþhabban
• ymbhabban
• æthabban

 

Related terms

• hebban
• hæft
• hefiġ

Descendants

• Middle English: haven, have, haav, haf, hafe, haben, habben, heven, hawe
  • English: have
  • Scots: hae, ha, hiv, have, hawe

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary