hath

See also: haþ and háð

English

Etymology

From Middle English hath, heth, hafth, hefth, from Old English hæfþ, hafaþ (“has”), from Proto-Germanic *habaiþi (“has”), equivalent to have +‎ -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian häd (“has”), West Frisian hat (“has”), Dutch heeft (“has”), Afrikaans het (“has, have”), German Low German hett (“has”), German hat (“has”).

Pronunciation

enPR: hăth, IPA^(key): /hæθ/
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Rhymes: -æθ

Verb

hath

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
- Thirty days hath September.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 19:26:
  ... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, book IV:
  To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.

Synonyms

has

Related terms

have
hast
has
had

Irish

Interjection 1

hath!

Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)

Interjection 2

hath!

Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)

References

"hath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Alternative forms

haþ

Verb

hath

Third-person singular present indicative form of haven