haver
See also: Haver and häver
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Scots haiver.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Verb
haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)
- (Britain) To hem and haw
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin, OCLC 17841394, page 154:
- This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.
-
- (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
- Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
- 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.
- 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), page 194
- She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”), cognate with German Hafer (“oat”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
- (Cumbrian, Yorkshire) IPA(key): /ˈavə/ 1994, 'Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar., London: Routledge, page 196:
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
haver (plural havers)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal).
Related terms
- haversack
Etymology 3
From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhævɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhævə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
haver (plural havers)
- One who has something (in various senses).
- I am a haver of many talents, but I'm not sure if any of them are useful.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
- It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.
- 2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the "White Fragility" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in New Yorker:
- Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the "havers" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.
- 2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post:
- As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.
- (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.
Synonyms
- holder
- possessor
Anagrams
- Havre
Catalan
Alternative forms
- heure
- haure (Western Catalan)
Etymology
From Old Catalan haver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈvə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əˈbɛ/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈveɾ/
Audio (file)
Verb
haver (first-person singular present he, past participle hagut)
- auxiliary verb for compound tenses
- he fet
- I have done
Conjugation
As heure, but with shortened present indicative, and with present subjunctive with -g- instead of -gu-. The 1st person form haig is only used in haver de.
Conjugation of haver (second conjugation, vowel stem with imperfect -via)
| infinitive | haure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | havent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | hagut | haguda | |||||
| plural | haguts | hagudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | he | has | ha | hem | heu | han | |
| imperfect | havia | havies | havia | havíem | havíeu | havien | |
| future | hauré | hauràs | haurà | haurem | haureu | hauran | |
| preterite | haguí | hagueres | hagué | haguérem | haguéreu | hagueren | |
| conditional | hauria | hauries | hauria | hauríem | hauríeu | haurien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | hagi | hagis | hagi | hàgim | hàgiu | hagin | |
| imperfect | hagués | haguessis | hagués | haguéssim | haguéssiu | haguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Derived terms
- haver-hi
- haver de
- havedor
- temps ha
Noun
haver m (plural havers)
- a possession
- a credit
Further reading
- “haver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “haver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Noun
haver c
- indefinite plural of have
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːvər
Noun
haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)
- any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
- in particular, Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses
Derived terms
Derived terms
- haveren (verb)
- haveren (adjective)
- haverachtig
- haverangel
- haverbezie
- haverbier n
- haverbreker m
- haverbrij
- haverbrood n
- haverdistel
- haverdop
- haverdorser m
- haverdrank
- havergeel n & adjective
- havergever m
- havergort n
- havergras n
- haverhard
- haverkaf n
- haverkast
- haverkist
- haverklap
- haverkneu
- haverkneuzer m
- haverkoper m
- haverkoren n
- haverkorrel m
- haverkorst
- havermaand
- havermaat
- havermeel n
- havermout
- havermeel n
- havermelkl
- havermuis
- haveroogst
- haverpap
- haverpijp
- haverrijst
- haverslag
- haverstoppel
- haverstraat
- haverstro
- havertas
- havertor
- haverveld n
- haverwortel m
- haverzaaier m
- haverzak
- haverzant
- (by oats species or cultivars and/or by use) bastaardhaver m, mussenbekhaver m, poeshaver m, presidentshaver m, troshaver m, vloghaver m, voerhaver m, zaadhaver m, zandhaver m
- (resembling plant species) haverrijst, haverslee
- brouwhaver
- janhaver m
- stokhaver m, stokmanshaver m
- studentenhaver m
- vuisthaver m
Descendants
- Jersey Dutch: hâver
- →⇒ English: haversack
- → Papiamentu: haver
- → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)
Verb
haver
- imperative of haveren
- first-person singular present indicative of haveren
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
haver (plural haverok)
- (slang) pal, buddy, dude
- Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | haver | haverok |
| accusative | havert | haverokat |
| dative | havernak | haveroknak |
| instrumental | haverral | haverokkal |
| causal-final | haverért | haverokért |
| translative | haverrá | haverokká |
| terminative | haverig | haverokig |
| essive-formal | haverként | haverokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | haverban | haverokban |
| superessive | haveron | haverokon |
| adessive | havernál | haveroknál |
| illative | haverba | haverokba |
| sublative | haverra | haverokra |
| allative | haverhoz | haverokhoz |
| elative | haverból | haverokból |
| delative | haverról | haverokról |
| ablative | havertól | haveroktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | haveré | haveroké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | haveréi | haverokéi |
| Possessive forms of haver | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | haverom | haverjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | haverod | haverjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | haverja | haverjai |
| 1st person plural | haverunk | haverjaink |
| 2nd person plural | haverotok | haverjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | haverjuk | haverjaik |
Further reading
- haver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Verb
haver (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of havere
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii:
- Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflitti
- It is human to have compassion for the troubled
-
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew חבר (khavér).
Noun
haver m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim)
- partner, comrade, associate
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- aver (non-latinized form)
Etymology
From Latin habeō (“to have, to hold, to possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/
Verb
haver
- to have
- Pedro ha dous pees.
- Pedro has two feet.
- to exist
Conjugation
Conjugation of (h)aver (irregular)
Note: The etymological h as in "haver" can be dropped, thus resulting in "aver". The same goes for all of its other verbal inflections as "havendo" → "avendo". | |||||||
| infinitive | (h)aver | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | (h)avendo | ||||||
| past participle | singular | plural | |||||
| masculine | (h)avudo (h)avido | (h)avudos (h)avidos | |||||
| feminine | (h)avuda (h)avida | (h)avudas (h)avidas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras | vós vós outros vós outras | eles elas | |
| present | (h)ei | (h)ás | (h)á (h)ai | (h)avemos | (h)avedes | (h)an | |
| imperfect | (h)avia | (h)avias | (h)avia | (h)aviamos | (h)aviades | (h)avian | |
| preterite | (h)ouvi (h)ouve (h)oui (h)ove | (h)ouviste (h)ouvisti (h)ouveste | (h)ouve (h)ouvo *(h)ove | (h)ouvemos | (h)ouvestes | (h)ouveron | |
| pluperfect | (h)ouvera | (h)ouveras | (h)ouvera (h)oera | (h)ouveramos | (h)ouverades | (h)ouveran | |
| future | (h)averei | (h)averás | (h)averá | (h)averemos | (h)averedes | (h)averán | |
| conditional | (h)averia | (h)averias | (h)averia | (h)averiamos | (h)averiades | (h)averian | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras | vós vós outros vós outras | eles elas | |
| present | (h)aja | (h)ajas | (h)aja | (h)ajamos | (h)ajades | (h)ajan | |
| preterite | (h)ouvesse | (h)ouvesses | (h)ouvesse | (h)ouvéssemos | (h)ouvéssedes | (h)ouvessen | |
| future | (h)ouver (h)oer | (h)ouveres | (h)ouver (h)oer (h)over (h)overe | (h)ouvermos (h)overmos | (h)ouverdes | (h)ouveren (h)overen | |
| imperative | — | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras | vós vós outros vós outras | — | |
| affirmative | — | (h)ave | *(h)aja | (h)ajamos | (h)avede | — | |
| negative | — | *(h)ajas | *(h)aja | (h)ajamos | (h)ajades | — | |
| personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras | vós vós outros vós outras | eles elas | |
| (h)aver | (h)averes | (h)aver | (h)avermos | (h)averdes | (h)averen | ||
Descendants
- Galician: haber
- Portuguese: haver
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- aver (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈve(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈve(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈveɾ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈve(h)/
- Homophone: a ver
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
Verb
haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)
- (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise)
- Amanhã, hei de ver o filme.
- Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.
- (auxiliary with a verb in the masculine singular past participle) have (forms the perfect aspect)
- (formal, in the past tense) forms the past perfect
- Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.
- I had already gotten in when you arrived.
- (in the present tense, archaic) forms the present perfect
- Hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.
- I have been studying much, in these last days.
- (formal, in the past tense) forms the past perfect
- (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
- Há um banco aqui perto.
- There is a bank nearby.
- (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
- Houve um acidente na alameda.
- There was an accident in the avenue.
- (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess
- Hei duas espadas.
- I have two swords.
- (Brazil) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
- Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.
- I need to recover my money.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
- (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)
- Terminei a faculdade há um mês.
- It has been one month since I’ve finished college.
Conjugation
Conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | haver | |||||
| Personal | haver | haveres | haver | havermos | haverdes | haverem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| havendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | havido | havidos | ||||
| Feminine | havida | havidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | hei | hás | há | havemos, hemos | haveis, heis | hão |
| Imperfect | havia | havias | havia | havíamos | havíeis | haviam |
| Preterite | houve | houveste | houve | houvemos | houvestes | houveram |
| Pluperfect | houvera | houveras | houvera | houvéramos | houvéreis | houveram |
| Future | haverei | haverás | haverá | haveremos | havereis | haverão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| haveria | haverias | haveria | haveríamos | haveríeis | haveriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | haja | hajas | haja | hajamos | hajais | hajam |
| Imperfect | houvesse | houvesses | houvesse | houvéssemos | houvésseis | houvessem |
| Future | houver | houveres | houver | houvermos | houverdes | houverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | há | haja | hajamos | havei | hajam | |
| Negative (não) | não hajas | não haja | não hajamos | não hajais | não hajam | |
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.
Synonyms
- (shall): ir
- (form the perfect tense): ter
- (to exist): existir, ter (Brazil)
- (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir suceder
- (to own): deter, possuir, ter
- (to regain): reaver, recuperar
- (it has been ... since): fazer
Antonyms
- (to exist): inexistir
Derived terms
- bem haja
- há tempos
- haja o que houver
- haja vista
- haver muito
- haver como
- mal haja
- não há de quê
Noun
haver m (plural haveres)
- outstanding debt
- Synonym: dívida
Romansch
Alternative forms
- avair (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
- adaver, aver, ver (Sutsilvan)
Etymology
From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”).
Verb
haver
- (Sursilvan) to have
Conjugation
Conjugation of haver (Sursilvan)
| infinitive | haver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | havend | |||||
| past participle | giu | |||||
| singular | plural | |||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| present | hai, vai | has | ha | havein, vein | haveis, veis | han |
| imperfect | havavel, vevel | havavas, vevas | havava, veva | havavan, vevan | havavas, vevas | havavan, vevan |
| future | vegnel a haver | vegns a haver | vegn a haver | vegnin a haver | vegnis a haver | vegnan a haver |
| conditional | jeu | ti | el/ella | nus | vus | els/ellas |
| direct present | havess, vess | havesses, vesses | havess, vess | havessen, vessen | havesses, vesses | havessen, vessen |
| indirect present | havessi, vessi | havessies, vessies | havessi, vessi | havessien, vessien | havessies, vessies | havessien, vessien |
| direct future | vegness a haver | vegnesses a haver | vegness a haver | vegnessen a haver | vegnesses a haver | vegnessen a haver |
| indirect future | vegnessi a haver | vegnessies a haver | vegnessi a haver | vegnessien a haver | vegnessies a haver | vegnessien a haver |
| subjunctive | che jeu | che ti | ch'el/ch'ella | che nus | che vus | ch'els/ch'ellas |
| present | hagi | hagies | hagi | haveien | haveies | hagien |
| past | havevi, vevi | havevies, vevies | havevi, vevi | havevien, vevien | havevies, vevies | havevien, vevien |
| future | vegni a haver | vegnies a haver | vegni a haver | vegnîen a haver | vegnîes a haver | vegnien a haver |
| imperative | — | ti | — | — | vus | — |
| hagies | haveies, veies | |||||
Scots
Etymology 1
From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).
Noun
haver (uncountable)
- oats
Derived terms
- havermeal (“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
- haverpoke (“horse's nosebag”)
Descendants
- → English: haver
Verb
haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)
- Alternative form of haiver
Swedish
Verb
haver
- has, have; present tense of hava., an older form of har
Anagrams
- havre