happ
See also: Happ
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse happ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haʰpː/
- Rhymes: -aʰpː
Noun
happ n (genitive singular happs, plural happ)
- luck, a stroke of luck
Declension
n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | happ | happið | happ | happini |
Accusative | happ | happið | happ | happini |
Dative | happi | happinum | happum | happunum |
Genitive | haps | hapsins | happa | happanna |
Synonyms
- hepni n
- eydna f
Antonyms
- óhapp n
Derived terms
- eftir happi og hátíðum
- happ í óhappi
- happadráttur
- óhapp
- heppin
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse happ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hahp/
- Rhymes: -ahp
Noun
happ n (genitive singular happs, nominative plural höpp)
- luck, a stroke of luck
Declension
declension of happ
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | happ | happið | höpp | höppin |
accusative | happ | happið | höpp | höppin |
dative | happi | happinu | höppum | höppunum |
genitive | happs | happsins | happa | happanna |
Antonyms
- óhapp
Derived terms
- með höppum og glöppum
- happdrætti / happadrætti
- happafundur
- óhapp
- heppinn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hampą.
Noun
happ n
- good luck
Descendants
- Icelandic: happ
- Faroese: happ
- Norn: happ
- → Middle English: hap, happe, hape, heppe
- English: hap
- Yola: hap
References
- “happ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press