hap
See also: HAP, háp, hấp, håp, hạp, and нар
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hæp/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), potentially cognate with or from Old English ġehæp (“fit, convenient”) and/or Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hampą (“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”), Swedish hampa (“to turn out”), Old Church Slavonic кобь (kobĭ, “fate”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
The verb is from Middle English happen, from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“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.
- 2018, Something Fishy (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series):
- Katie Griffin as Samantha Sparks: "Hey, Flint. I heard your extended (gasp) earlier. What's the haps?"
Mark Edwards as Flint Lockwood: "The haps is -- you're not going to believe this, but dad asked me to make him an invention!"
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- (archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.
- c. 1580s, Sidney, Sir Philip, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, book 2:
- Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build / Their hopes on haps, and do not make despair / For all these certain blows the surest shield.
- 1590, Spenser, Edmund, The Faerie Queene, book 2, canto 3, verse 30:
- And whether art it were, or heedless hap, / As through the flowring forest rash she fled, / In her rude hairs sweet flowres themselves did lap / And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
- Each day ſtill better others happineſſe,
Vntill the heauens enuying earths good hap,
Adde an immortall title to your Crowne.
- 1599, Shakespeare, William, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1:
- URSULA. She's lim'd, I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.
HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
- 1749, Fielding, Henry, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
- [I]t hath been many an honest man's hap to pass for the father of children he never begot […]
- 1851, Melville, Herman, Moby Dick:
- He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.
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Synonyms
- (happenings): affairs; see also Thesaurus:occurrence
- (an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event): hazard, serendipity; see also Thesaurus:luck
Derived terms
- hapful
- haphazard
- hapless
- haply
- happen
- happenstance
- happy
- hapsome
- mayhap
- mishap
- perhaps
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
- 1868-9, Robert Browning, “The Ring and the Book”, in Edward Berdoe, editor, The poetical works of Robert Browning, published 1889, page 17:
- "But laudably, since thus it happed!" quoth one: Whereat, more witness and the case postponed. "Thus it happed not, since thus he did the deed,....
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 81:
- "We must go there to retrieve it before the Krikkit robots find it, or who knows what may hap."
- (transitive, literary) To happen to.
- 1891, Elizabeth Stoddard, “No Answer”, in Harper's magazine, page 55:
- What meaneth June, to hap us every year.
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Etymology 2
From Old English hap.
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- (UK, 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.
- 1899, “Bartonshill Coal Co. v. Beid, 1 Pat. Sc. App. 792, 793.”, in Robert Campbell, editor, Ruling cases, volume 19:
- The practice was, before firing a shot for the purpose of blasting, to give an order to hap the crane, that is, to cover it, in order to protect it from the effect of the shot.
- 1859, John Brown, Rab and his Friends
Etymology 3
Shortening of New Latin Haplochromis, equivalent to haplo- + chromis.
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.
Anagrams
- AHP, PAH, PHA, 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
Standard Albanian conjugation of hap (active voice)
| participle (pjesore) | hapur | ||||||
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| gerund (përcjellore) | duke hapur | ||||||
| infinitive (paskajore) | për të hapur | ||||||
| singular (njëjës) | plural (shumës) | ||||||
| 1st pers. (veta e 1rë) | 2nd pers. (veta e 2të) | 3rd pers. (veta e 3të) | 1st pers. (veta e 1rë) | 2nd pers. (veta e 2të) | 3rd pers. (veta e 3të) | ||
| indicative (dëftore) | unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
| present (e tashme) | hap | hap | hap | hapim | hapni | hapin | |
| imperfect (e pakryer) | hapja | hapje | hapte | hapnim | hapnit | hapnin | |
| aorist (simple past) (e kryer e thjeshtë) | hapa | hape | hapi | hapëm | hapët | hapën | |
| perfect (e kryer) | kam hapur | ke hapur | ka hapur | kemi hapur | keni hapur | kanë hapur | |
| past perfect (më se e kryer) | kisha hapur | kishe hapur | kishte hapur | kishim hapur | kishit hapur | kishin hapur | |
| aorist II (past perfect II) (e kryer e tejshkuar) | pata hapur | pate hapur | pati hapur | patëm hapur | patët hapur | patën hapur | |
| future¹ (e ardhme) | do të hap | do të hapësh | do të hapë | do të hapim | do të hapni | do të hapin | |
| future perfect² (e ardhme e përparme) | do të kem hapur | do të kesh hapur | do të ketë hapur | do të kemi hapur | do të keni hapur | do të kenë hapur | |
| subjunctive (lidhore) | unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
| present (e tashme) | të hap | të hapësh | të hapë | të hapim | të hapni | të hapin | |
| imperfect (e pakryer) | të hapja | të hapje | të hapte | të hapnim | të hapnit | të hapnin | |
| perfect (e kryer) | të kem hapur | të kesh hapur | të ketë hapur | të kemi hapur | të keni hapur | të kenë hapur | |
| past perfect (më se e kryer) | të kisha hapur | të kishe hapur | të kishte hapur | të kishim hapur | të kishit hapur | të kishin hapur | |
| conditional¹, ² (kushtore) | unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
| imperfect (e pakryer) | do të hapja | do të hapje | do të hapte | do të hapnim | do të hapnit | do të hapnin | |
| past perfect (më se e kryer) | do të kisha hapur | do të kishe hapur | do të kishte hapur | do të kishim hapur | do të kishit hapur | do të kishin hapur | |
| optative (dëshirore) | unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
| present (e tashme) | hapsha | hapsh | haptë | hapshim | hapshit | hapshin | |
| perfect (e kryer) | paça hapur | paç hapur | pastë hapur | paçim hapur | paçit hapur | paçin hapur | |
| admirative (habitore) | unë | ti | ai/ajo | ne | ju | ata/ato | |
| present (e tashme) | hapkam | hapke | hapka | hapkemi | hapkeni | hapkan | |
| imperfect (pakryer) | hapkësha | hapkëshe | hapkësh | hapkëshim | hapkëshit | hapkëshin | |
| perfect (e kryer) | paskam hapur | paske hapur | paska hapur | paskemi hapur | paskeni hapur | paskan hapur | |
| past perfect (më se e kryer) | paskësha hapur | paskëshe hapur | paskësh hapur | paskëshim hapur | paskëshit hapur | paskëshin hapur | |
| imperative (urdhërore) | — | ti | — | — | ju | — | |
| present (e tashme) | — | hap | — | — | hapni | — | |
| ¹) indicative future identical with conditional present ²) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect | |||||||
Derived terms
- hapem
- hapje
- hapur
- hep
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑp/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: hap
- Rhymes: -ɑp
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from French happer (“to bite, snap”), but both are ultimately imitative either way.
Noun
hap m (plural happen, diminutive hapje n)
- (often diminutive) bite
- De hond nam er een hap van.
- The dog took a bite of it.
- chunk
- (often diminutive) snack, light meal
- Ik heb wel trek in een warme hap.
- I would certainly like a warm meal.
Derived terms
- bamihap
- hapjespan
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: hap
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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
Declension of hap
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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 حب (hap), from Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb, “grains, seeds, pills”).
Noun
hap n (plural hapuri)
- pill (medicine)
Declension
Declension of hap
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) hap | hapul | (niște) hapuri | hapurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) hap | hapului | (unor) hapuri | hapurilor |
| vocative | hapule | hapurilor | ||
Seri
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɑp/
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
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Etymology
From English half.
Noun
hap
- half
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:6:
- Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wanpela banis i mas kamap bilong banisim wara, bai wara i stap long tupela hap.” Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.
- →New International Version translation
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- part
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:
- Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
- →New International Version translation
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- place, one of a few places
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:
- Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”
- →New International Version translation
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Adverb
hap
- there
Derived terms
- hap sankamap
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb, “grains, seeds, pills”).
Noun
hap (definite accusative hapı, plural haplar)
- pill
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hap | |
| Definite accusative | hapı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | hap | haplar |
| Definite accusative | hapı | hapları |
| Dative | hapa | haplara |
| Locative | hapta | haplarda |
| Ablative | haptan | haplardan |
| Genitive | hapın | hapların |
Descendants
- Greek: χάπι (chápi, “pill”)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hap, from Old Norse happ.
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, London: J. Russell Smith, page 44